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Pieter Brueghel de Oude. Luilekkerland

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

1567

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From the collection of Catholic University of Leuven

Northern Renaissance Renaissance Renaissance

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Pieter Brueghel de Oude. Luilekkerland is a 1567 unspecified by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Catholic University of Leuven.

Who painted this?: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
When & what style?: 1567 · Northern Renaissance
Where can I see it?: Catholic University of Leuven

About this work

You see a big, crowded table where people feast nonstop. They eat and drink without working. The food piles up like a mountain. Some guests nap with full bellies. This painting pokes fun at laziness. It shows how silly greed can look. Brueghel made the scene silly on purpose. It feels like a Northern Renaissance cartoon. Look up Pieter Brueghel I next.