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The Land of Cockaigne is completed

1550 CE · Germany, Europe · Culture

The Land of Cockaigne is completed
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Het Luilekkerland – known in English as The Land of Cockaigne – is a 1567 oil painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. In medieval times, Cockaigne was a mythical land of plenty, but Bruegel's depiction of Cockaigne and its residents is not meant to be a flattering one.

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