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Pieter Brueghel the Elder. The Harvest

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

1565

unspecified

From the collection of Catholic University of Leuven

Northern Renaissance Renaissance Renaissance

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Pieter Brueghel the Elder. The Harvest is a 1565 unspecified by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Catholic University of Leuven.

Who painted this?: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
When & what style?: 1565 · Northern Renaissance
Where can I see it?: Catholic University of Leuven

About this work

This painting shows a wide field where workers harvest wheat under a bright sky. The men and women bend over the stalks with long-handled scythes. A few oxen pull a cart loaded with grain. Brueghel worked small—this panel is just 16 by 24 inches—but packed in amazing detail. Look closely and you’ll spot a couple eating lunch in the shade, almost hidden among the wheat. Want to see more by the same hand? Try *Pieter Brueghel I*.