Dulle Griet ( anglicized as Dull Gret ), also known as Mad Meg , is a figure of Flemish folklore who is the subject of a 1563 oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder . The painting depicts a virago , Dulle Griet, who leads an army of women to pillage Hell , and is currently held and exhibited at the Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp .
16-486: [REDACTED] Look up dull in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dull may refer to: Places [ edit ] Dull, Perth and Kinross , Scotland, United Kingdom, a village Dull, Ohio , United States, an unincorporated community Dull, Texas , United States, a ghost town People [ edit ] Jack Dull (1930–1995), American professor, scholar of
32-606: A ghost town People [ edit ] Jack Dull (1930–1995), American professor, scholar of the history of Han China Orville O. Dull (1888–1978), American film producer and director Ryan Dull (born 1989), American Major League Baseball pitcher Other uses [ edit ] Dull Gret , a figure of Flemish folklore See also [ edit ] Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas (1294 – between 1342 and 1346), Scottish nobleman and cleric Dul (disambiguation) Dullness (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
48-414: A house, Griet advances towards the mouth of Hell through a landscape populated by Boschian monsters (see detailed images). They represent the sins that are punished there. Griet wears male armour — a breastplate, a mailed glove and a metal cap; her military costume is parodied by the monster in a helmet beside her, who pulls up a drawbridge . A knife hangs from her side, while in her right hand she carries
64-509: A sword, which may refer to the saying: "He could go to Hell with a sword in his hand." A book of proverbs published in Antwerp in 1568 contains a saying which is very close in spirit to Bruegel's painting: One woman makes a din, two women a lot of trouble, three an annual market, four a quarrel, five an army, and against six the Devil himself has no weapon. The pigment analysis was conducted by
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96-457: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dull Gret A restoration of the painting in 2018 revealed that it was painted in 1563, shortly after the painter had moved to Brussels. Previously, the signature and the date on the painting had been illegible, and it was assumed that it was painted two years earlier, or, based on its close compositional and stylistic similarity to The Fall of
112-452: Is making fun of noisy, aggressive women. At the same time he castigates the sin of covetousness: although already burdened down with possessions, Griet and her grotesque companions are prepared to storm the mouth of Hell itself in their search for more. It might also refer to something that is either stupid, or courageous, or both; implying that one who is dull or naive may have more courage and end up in trouble, though not succumbing but making
128-468: The Rebel Angels and The Triumph of Death , one year earlier. Like those pictures, Dulle Griet owes much to Hieronymus Bosch . It is assumed the painting was destined for a series. Bruegel's earliest biographer, Karel van Mander , writing in 1604, described the painting as "Dulle Griet, who is looking at the mouth of Hell". It came into the collections of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor , then
144-429: The best of it. Could symbolize a woman defying hell and returning with treasure, a psychological analogy of working through troubles to become stronger and wiser; to enter into one's personal hell and overcome one's "demons" i.e. fears or trauma. Yet, the opinions may differ and are subjective . Griet was a disparaging name given to any bad-tempered, shrewish woman. In an incisive historical and critical interpretation of
160-452: The history of Han China Orville O. Dull (1888–1978), American film producer and director Ryan Dull (born 1989), American Major League Baseball pitcher Other uses [ edit ] Dull Gret , a figure of Flemish folklore See also [ edit ] Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas (1294 – between 1342 and 1346), Scottish nobleman and cleric Dul (disambiguation) Dullness (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
176-530: The painting, Margaret Sullivan concludes that in it Bruegel allegorizes the ideological zeitgeist's “madness and folly.” She notes that “in the sixteenth century ‘dulle’ had two meanings. The first was ‘mad’ and the second (and older) meaning was ‘foolish’ or ‘stupid.’ ‘Griet’ as a female name communicated the idea of a fool. . . The name Margaret and its variants Margot, Magrite, Greta, Griet, etc., seemed to have acquired pejorative connotations throughout Northern Europe, making it an especially appropriate choice for
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#1732786777559192-472: The painting.” Dulle Griet appears as a character in Caryl Churchill 's play Top Girls (1982), where she recounts her invasion of Hell: "I'd had enough, I was mad, I hate the bastards. I come out my front door that morning and shout till my neighbors come out and I said, 'Come on, we're going where the evil come from and pay the bastards out. ' " (Churchill, 28). While her female followers loot
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240-575: The scientists at the Ghent University . Bruegel used the cheap smalt for the robe of the central figure of Mad Meg instead of the more expensive ultramarine together with vermilion and copper resinate. In 2006, Belgian comic book artist Hermann Huppen , known by his pen name Hermann ( https://hermannhuppen.be/ ), published an album (number 13) in The Towers of Bois-Maury series titled "Dulle Griet" with Glénat Éditions . The script
256-674: Was looted by the Swedish troops in 1648, and reappeared in Stockholm in 1800. Art collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh discovered it in 1897 at an auction in Cologne , where he bought it for a minimal sum, discovering its actual author a few days later. Her mission refers to the Flemish proverb: She could plunder in front of hell and return unscathed. In the view of Max Seidel, Roger H. Marijnissen in their book 'Bruegel. Pt.2', Bruegel
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