The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
ArtistPieter Bruegel the Elder
Year1559
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions118 cm × 164 cm (46 in × 65 in)
LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (Dutch: De strijd tussen Vasten en Vastenavond) is an oil-on-panel painting executed by the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1559. It is a panorama of contemporary life in the Southern Netherlands. While the painting contains nearly 200 characters, it is unified under the theme of the transition from Shrove Tuesday to Lent, the period forty days before Easter.

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