The Blind Leading the Blind

painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Neapel
VisualArtwork painting Q1192570
The Blind Leading the Blind
Pieter Brueghel the Elder · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Blind Leading the Blind

Summary

The Blind Leading the Blind is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Blind Leading the Blind is the creator of Pieter Brueghel the Elder[3].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's religion is recorded as Christianity[4].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind is associated with the Early Netherlandish painting movement[6].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's genre is religious art[7].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's depicts is recorded as the blind leading the blind[8].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's depicts is recorded as Sint-Anna Church[9].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's depicts is recorded as person with visual disabilities[10].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's depicts is recorded as blind person[11].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind is made of tempera[12].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind is made of canvas[13].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's collection is recorded as Museo di Capodimonte[14].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's collection is recorded as Munich Central Collecting Point[15].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's inventory number is recorded as Q 1[16].
  • The location of The Blind Leading the Blind was Museo di Capodimonte[17].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind took place at Munich Central Collecting Point[18].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's Commons category is recorded as The Blind Leading the Blind by Pieter Bruegel the Elder[19].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's catalog code is recorded as 42[20].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's catalog code is recorded as 74[21].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's catalog code is recorded as 165[22].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's catalog code is recorded as Q 1[23].
  • 1568 marks the founding of The Blind Leading the Blind[24].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's main subject is the blind leading the blind[25].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's Commons gallery is recorded as The Blind Leading the Blind by Pieter Bruegel the Elder[26].
  • The Blind Leading the Blind's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 31A41111[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Blind Leading the Blind is the creator of Pieter Brueghel the Elder[3].

Publication

The Blind Leading the Blind's genre is religious art[7].

Subject and Themes

The Blind Leading the Blind's main subject is the blind leading the blind[25]. It is associated with the Early Netherlandish painting movement[6].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include tempera[12] and canvas[13]. Recorded location include Museo di Capodimonte[17] and Munich Central Collecting Point[18].

Why It Matters

The Blind Leading the Blind ranks in the top 4% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Bruegel, Pieter (I) - Blind leading the blind Google Art Pro
    Commons gallery → The Blind Leading the Blind by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
    Catalog code → 42, 74, 165 +1
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  2. 12w ago · Oursana · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 42, 74, 165 +1
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  3. 14w ago · Oursana · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Neapel
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  4. 23w ago · Henxter · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Museo di Capodimonte, Munich Central Collecting Point
    Creator → —
    Depicts → the blind leading the blind, Sint-Anna Church, person with visual disabilities +1
    Inception → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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