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Plate I

The Harvesters
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The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, artist

A landmark seasonal landscape from Bruegel’s cycle for an Antwerp patron, combining close observation of harvest labour with an expansive invented landscape.

Date
1565
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reference
435809

Record

Medium
Oil on oak
Dimensions
Overall, including added strips at top, bottom, and right, 46 7/8 x 63 3/4 in. (119 x 162 cm); original painted surface 45 7/8 x 62 7/8 in. (116.5 x 159.5 cm)
Origin
Netherlands

Provenance and history

  1. 1565

    Created by Pieter Bruegel the ElderA

Sources

  1. A
  2. B

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