The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Harvesters
1565
A verified collection highlight at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. Oil on wood.
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
b. 1525, Breda, Netherlands · Based in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1569)
- Guild of Saint Luke, Antwerp (under Pieter Coecke van Aelst)
- Oil Painting
- Printmaking
- Drawing
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was the towering master of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, famed for sweeping panoramic landscapes, peasant wedding festivals, and moralizing proverbs infused with humanist wit.
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