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June 10, 2005

Cogito, ergo sum

Filed under: General, Media Context

three legs

Pieter Bruegel The Elder 1525-1569
Peasant wedding
c. 1568
Oil on wood
114 x 164 cm (45 x 64 1/2 in.)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Bruegel is known as on of the greatest Flemish painters in the Art History. He was pioneering painting scenes from the rural environment. But how surprised I was when I realized that there is a leg extra for a number of people in this scene. If you look better on the right side, the person that carries tray has three legs.
Later on Descartes said: “I think, therefore I am”. I wonder was healso confused with this third leg too ?

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