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The Blind Leading the Blind, also know as The Parable of the Blind 
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish, c.1568 Northern Renaissance 

Origins - Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

The Blind Leading the Blind, also know as The Parable of the Blind Flemish, c.1568 Northern Renaissance Pieter Bruegel the Elder


The Meaning of Sacred Symbols in Paintings. Most prominently featured  symbols and their meaning:

The  Serpent

Good Shepherd

Adam and Eve

Key

Wheat

Weapons

Virgin Mary

Christ

The Anchor

The Apostles

Satan

Chalice

The Cross

Architectural Elements

Fruit

Flowers

The Saints

Colors

Book

Birds

Angels

Insects

Fish

Spider

Animals

Household Object




  

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