| Dulle Griet (Dull Gret) | |
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| Artist | Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
| Year | 1563 |
| Type | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 115 cm × 161 cm (45 in × 63 in) |
| Location | Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp |
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,[1] and is currently held and exhibited at the Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp.
- ^ Dulle Griet is also the subject of a 1640s painting by Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger.