The Harvesters (painting)

The Harvesters
ArtistPieter Bruegel the Elder
Year1565
TypeOil on wood
Dimensions119 cm × 162 cm (46+78 in × 63+34 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565. It depicts the harvest time set in a landscape, in the months of July and August or late summer.[1] Nicolaes Jonghelinck, a merchant banker and art collector from Antwerp, commissioned this painting as part of a cycle of six paintings depicting various seasonal transitions during the year.[1]

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