Breughel

Yesterday, I have seen a BBC documentary about the Flemish painter Breughel (the older, 1525 – 1569). Some part of the documentary explained the idea of the painting "De Volkstelling" (counting of the population), and described all the different activities of the people in the painting and the playing children. The speaker of the documentary commented that this painting addresses a crucial human question: What is the meaning of it all? It was said that the achievement by Breughel regarding story telling, Breughel ranks maybe higher than Da Vinci, Rafael or Michelangelo.