Tag: Mardi Gras

Merrymakers at Shrovetide (c.1616-1617)

Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the…

L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (1888)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’entrée du Christ à Bruxelles (Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889) 1888 Oil on canvas, 252.6 × 431 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles James Ensor took on religion, politics, and art in this scene of Christ entering contemporary…

The Beggars (1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Beggars (The Cripples) 1568 Oil on panel, 18.5 x 21.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The real meaning of the scene, in particular the meaning of the motif of fox tails (a motif dear to…