Saturday, October 26, 2019

Dulle Griet

I thought someone was being snarky titling this as Mad Greta, 1563 by Peter Bruegel The Elder, making fun of mad "How dare you" apocalyptic Greta Thunberg. It is a very Hiernoymus Bosch like painting.

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But . . . no. From Wikipedia.
Dulle Griet (anglicized as Dull Gret), also known as Mad Meg, is a figure of Flemish folklore who is the subject of a 1563 oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depicts a virago, Dulle Griet, who leads an army of women to pillage Hell, and is currently held and exhibited at the Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp.
Gulle Griet, Dull Gret, Mad Greta, Mad Meg - seems like something of a loose continuum.

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