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6 December 2011 Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Bruegel the Elder, Fight between Carnival and Lent, detail 2

Vienna

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca 1525-1569), The Fight between Carnival and Lent, 1559, detail 2.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Behind the beer barrel, the man with a pointed hat is dressed in a yellow outfit, which colour is usually associated with treachery. He is followed by a black-clad woman carrying on her head a table with bread and waffles, and holding in one hand a tumbler glass, in the other a candle, symbols of duplicity and deceit. Nearby, a man covered with a small cooking pot is playing lute, which performance is often associated with Protestant Reformation, having abolished Lent but still celebrating Carnival. To the left of the lute-player, a female figure wears a string of eggs, eggs like meat being restricted during the fasting period.


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