The Misanthropist
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Proverb |
Date | 1568 |
Dimensions | 86 x 85 cm |
Support | Cloth |
Medium | Glue-size tempera |
Signature | BRUEGEL / 1568 |
Signature location | Lower right |
Further inscription | Inscribed, presumably in a later hand: Om dat de werelt is soe ongetru/ daer om gha ic in den ru [I cover myself in mourning because the world is faithless] |
Attribution authorities | Sellink, cat. #164: accepted., Accepted. Tolnay 1935., Accepted. Friedländer 1937., Accepted. Grossmann 1973., Accepted. Marijnissen 1988. |
Location | Naples, Italy |
Collection | Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte |
Tags | Robbery, Windmill, Field, Shepherds |