Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1568

The Parable of the Blind (The Blind Leading the Blind)

Name: The Parable of the Blind (The Blind Leading the Blind) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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SKU: bruegel-parable-of-the-blind
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Six blind men with linked staffs stumble along a path by a river and a village church; the leader has already fallen backwards into the ditch and is dragging the others after him. Each man shows a different affliction of the eyes. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.

Up to 14.2 × 8 in · landscape

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Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

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Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

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Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of The Parable of the Blind (The Blind Leading the Blind)

Bruegel painted this work in distemper on linen canvas (86 by 154 cm) in 1568, a year before his death, illustrating the parable in Matthew 15:14. It was made while the Council of Troubles was suppressing religious dissent in the Spanish Netherlands, and scholars debate whether it carries a political or religious message.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Elder was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes ; he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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