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An Extra Foot?

  • Writer: Lucian@going2paris.net
    Lucian@going2paris.net
  • Feb 11, 2022
  • 1 min read

Ace’s

February 11, 2022


Thanks to my art education at Aiken Prep, I know about this painting.


Many viewers have wondered why Bruegel appears to have given a third foot to the red-clad servant on the right, carrying the tray. Bruegel’s son, Brueghel the Younger, thought that this foot was an error or, at best, too confusing for viewers. His 1620 copy of his father’s painting solves the problem simply by eliminating the third foot altogether. However, an analysis by Claudine Majzels of the angles and the relative positions of the people involved suggests that the red-clad servant’s “third foot” is actually the extended left foot of the brown-clad man who is transferring the plates to the table.


I wondered something about this photo:



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dsmithuva75
Feb 12, 2022

Excellent piece, Lucian! I thought, however, the Pie-carrier's "third foot" you initially were referring to was the black bump protruding from his right calf....

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