# The Fight between Carnival and Lent \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bruegel-pieter-the-elder-rad10bd5c95ce7a>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

Cripples were a part of everyday life in villages and towns. Bruegel has incorporated them as if for granted in the great company of churchgoers and men, women and children dressed in carnival costumes.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)