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The Harvesters
Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565
- Artist
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels
- Date
- 1565
- Medium
- Oil on oak
- Size
- Overall, including added strips at top, bottom, and right, 46 7/8 x 63 3/4 in. (119 x 162 cm); original painted surface
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rogers Fund, 1919 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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