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The Misanthrope is a tempera painting on canvas by the Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, created during 1568. It currently is held and exhibited at the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.

The Misanthrope
ArtistPieter Bruegel the Elder
Year1568, signed and dated on the painted frame
MediumTempera on canvas
Dimensions86 cm × 85 cm (34 in × 33 in)
LocationNational Museum of Capodimonte, Naples

Description


The circular painting is encased in a square frame and depicts a black-robed, white-bearded elderly man clasping his hands before him. A smaller barefooted man behind him uses a knife to cut the strings to the elderly man's moneypouch. The elderly man appears so lost in thought that he notices neither the theft nor the caltrops that lie in his path.[1] A globus cruciger encloses the thief.[2] A Flemish inscription at the bottom reads:[3]

Om dat de werelt is soe ongetru / Daer om gha ic in den ru
("Because the world is perfidious, I am going into mourning").


Interpretation


The hooded misanthrope is being robbed by the small figure in the glass ball who is holding his purse. That figure is a symbol of vanity.[4] The symbolism in the painting portrays how impossible it is for his actions to lead to giving up the world. The misanthrope also is walking unaware toward caltrops set for him by the world (cast in his path). He cannot renounce the world as he would wish and he is contrasted with the shepherd in the background, who guards his sheep and who is more virtuous than the misanthrope because of his simple, honourable performance of his duties and his sense of responsibility toward his charges.[5]


References


  1. Richardson 2011, p. 151–.
  2. Richardson 2011, p. 151–152.
  3. Richardson 2011, p. 152.
  4. Cf. Pietro Allegretti, Brueghel, Skira (2003), ISBN 0-00-001088-X (in Italian)
  5. R-M. Hagen & R. Hagen, Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Taschen (2000), ISBN 3-8228-5991-5

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На других языках


- [en] The Misanthrope (Bruegel)

[fr] Le Misanthrope (Brueghel)

Le Misanthrope est un tableau peint par Pieter Brueghel l'Ancien en 1568. Il est conservé au musée Capodimonte de Naples.

[it] Misantropo (Bruegel)

Il Misantropo è un dipinto a tempera su tela (86x85 cm) di Pieter Bruegel il Vecchio, datato 1568 e conservato nel Museo nazionale di Capodimonte di Napoli. È firmato "BRVEGEL 1568".

[ru] Мизантроп (картина)

«Мизантроп» — картина Питера Брейгеля Старшего. Написана в 1568 году темперой по холсту. Хранится в Национальной галерее Каподимонте в Неаполе.



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