The simplification of form attracted Bruegel to the works of Italian art that he saw and studied during his journey abroad, and by which he was influenced after his move to Brussels in 1563. In many of his later paintings the figures are large, they quite dominate the scene, but their only real connection with the Italian Renaissance lies in their massive simplicity.

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	The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind 1568 Tempera on canvas, 86 x 154 cm Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
	The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (detail) 1568 Tempera on canvas Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
	The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (detail) 1568 Tempera on canvas, width of detail 21 cm Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
	The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (detail) 1568 Tempera on canvas Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
	The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (detail) 1568 Tempera on canvas, width of detail 21 cm Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
	The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (detail) 1568 Tempera on canvas Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
	The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (detail) 1568 Tempera on canvas, width of detail 21 cm Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
	The Cripples 1568 Oil on wood, 18 x 21 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
	The Peasant and the Birdnester 1568 Oil on panel, 59 x 68 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
	The Peasant and the Birdnester (detail) 1568 Oil on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
	The Misanthrope 1568 Oil on canvas, diameter 86 cm Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples