Parable of the Blind.
 
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Title:Parable of the Blind
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A local street artist in Victoria, British Columbia, made this representation of the famous dictum, "blind leading the blind." The original painting is by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1568 and housed in the Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

The staying power and cultural integration of this tale is remarkable, while at the same time reminding us of the cruelty that such stories can render. Jesus' own parallel of the ignorance of the Pharisees with the stigma of blindness is a difficult one for today's world, in which the visually disabled community works to find constructive ways of full participation in life.

Date:2008
Object/Function:Painting
City/Town:Naples
Country:Italy

Scripture:Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28
Lectionary links:AProp15
BProp25
CEpip08
General Subject:Blindness

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Attribution:Parable of the Blind, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54268 [retrieved April 26, 2024]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thievingjoker/31121276/.
Record Number:54268 Last Updated: 2022-07-21 17:50:16 Record Created: 2009-03-19 13:20:40
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition