Laura Gascoigne

Brueghel’s peasant paintings were the D.C. Thomson comics of the 17th century

An intriguing little show at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts also shows the huge popularity of body-shaming prints

‘The Fat Kitchen’, 1563, by Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Credit: © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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  • Peasants and Proverbs: Pieter Brueghel the Younger as Moralist and Entrepreneur

    Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, until 22 January 2023

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