1750
unspecified
From the collection of Catholic University of Leuven
Hieronymus Bosch (after). Parable of the Blind is a 1750 unspecified by Hieronymus Bosch, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Catholic University of Leuven.
A line of six blind men stumble forward, each holding the shoulder of the one ahead. They walk on a flat path beside a quiet village, but the man in front has already fallen into a ditch. Their eyes are damaged or missing, and their faces show no alarm. This painting tells a Bible story about blind guides leading the blind. It was made by someone copying the style of Hieronymus Bosch, not by Bosch himself. The original painting, likely from the 1500s, is lost, so this version helps us imagine what it looked like. The men wear mismatched clothes, and their slow collapse feels both real and strange. For more on how artists show light and shadow to create depth, look up chiaroscuro.
Hieronymus Bosch (; Dutch: ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; c. 1450 – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work,…
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