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 MediumDistemper on linen canvas 1 LocationMuseo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy 1 Medium
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is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568.
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Executed in distemper on linen canvas
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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.
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The Blind Leading the Blind, Blind, or The Parable of the Blind (Dutch: De parabel der blinden) is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568.
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One of four surviving Bruegel paintings in distemper, the work is a tüchlein, a type of light painting that uses tempera made from pigment mixed with water-soluble glue.
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The Blind Leading the Blind, Blind, or The Parable of the Blind (Dutch: De parabel der blinden) is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568. Executed in distemper on linen canv
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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