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The Parable of the Blind

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The Parable of the Blind, also known as The Blind Leading the Blind, is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568. Executed in distemper on linen canvas and measuring 86 by 154 centimeters, it depicts the biblical parable from Matthew 15:14 in which a line of blind men, each holding the shoulder of the man ahead, stumble one after another into a ditch. It is held in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Year Created
1568 1
Medium
Distemper on linen canvas 1
Location
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy 1
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Genre
Painting 1
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1. The Parable of the Blind (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, first sentence
    is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568.
  • Lead section, second sentence
    Executed in distemper on linen canvas
  • Lead section, third sentence
    It depicts the Biblical parable of the blind leading the blind from Matthew 15:14, and is in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.
  • Genre reference
    The Parable of the Blind, also known as The Blind Leading the Blind, is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568.
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