The Harvesters

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The Harvesters

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565

Oil on wood

119 × 162 cm, 46⅞ × 63¾ in

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Harvesters is an oil on wood painting by Pieter Bruegel in 1565. The painting is one in a series of six works, five of which are still extant, that depict different times of the year. As in many of his paintings, the focus is on peasants and their work. Notably, some of the peasants are shown eating while others are harvesting, a diachronic depiction of both the production and consumption of food. The painting is currently located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City.

[edit] See also

• The Hunters in the Snow
• The Gloomy Day
• The Hay Harvest
• The Return of the Herd

[edit] References

• Metropolitan Museum of Art webpage about The Harvesters.