Artwork details · 2026-11-02

The Blind Leading the Blind

by Pieter Bruegel · 1568

The Blind Leading the Blind by Pieter Bruegel

Artist

Pieter Brueghel may refer to:Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter

Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638), son of the above, Flemish painter and copyist, also known as "Hell Brueghel"

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Artwork

The Blind Leading the Blind, Blind, or The Parable of the Blind is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568. Executed in distemper on linen canvas, it measures 86 cm × 154 cm. 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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Quick facts

Artist
Pieter Bruegel
Year
1568
Movement
Renaissance
Country
Netherlands
Location
Museo di Capodimonte