One of the highlights of the exhibition was The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It is interesting how differently people in Japan perceived this painting. They saw it not as an illustration of a Biblical story but as a depiction of reality. Visitors asked how tall the tower was, what it looked like inside, how many people were involved in its construction and where it was located. This curiosity about the details of the building – an eagerness to get closer to the facts – was also an eye-opener for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The Japanese visitors were also very interested in the paintings and prints by and in the spirit of’ Bosch (e.g. by Bruegel). They were interested not only in the realism of the paintings but also in the fantasy world of Bosch and Bruegel.