The Tower of Babel
ArtistPieter Bruegel the Elder
Year1563
MediumOil on canvas
LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
About The Tower of Babel
Depicts the biblical tower under construction. The architecture was inspired by the Colosseum in Rome. Tiny workers and carts show the scale of the endeavor. King Nimrod appears in the foreground surveying the work. A warning about human ambition and pride.
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