Parable of the Sower is a 1557 landscape painting by Dutch and Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

A church and a Flemish village line the river that runs from the lower right to the upper left of the painting.

On the right bank of the river, near a small group of boats, Jesus is seen preaching the titular parable to a crowd.

He explains, "Bruegel totally humanizes the spiritual nature of this religious subject matter...Little things catch your eye, like the tower of a church, the thatched hut, birds and horses.

"[2] Larry Silver of the University of Pennsylvania suggests a parallel between the significance of the painting and the meaning of the parable.