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Summary

Pieter Brueghel the Elder: The Hunters in the Snow

Artist



Alternative names	Pieter Breugel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Brueghel, Peasant Brueghel
Description	Flemish painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	between 1526 and 1530 date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1526-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	9 September 1569
Location of birth/death	Breugel or Breda	City of Brussels
Work location	Antwerp (1551–1563), Italy (1553), City of Brussels (1563–1569)
Authority file	: Q43270 VIAF: 95761864 ISNI: 0000000121443618 ULAN: 500013247 LCCN: n80162848 NLA: 36158631 WorldCat

Title

German:

Jäger im Schnee (Winter)

monthly cycle, scene: The Hunters in the Snow (January)

Part of

Labours of the months

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Description

winter landscape

Date

1565

Medium

oil on oak wood

Dimensions

height: 117 cm (46 in); width: 162 cm (63.7 in)

Collection

Kunsthistorisches Museum

	Native name	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Location	Vienna, Austria
	Coordinates	48° 12′ 13.97″ N, 16° 21′ 41.76″ E
	Established	17 October 1891
	Website	www.khm.at/en
	Authority file	: Q95569 VIAF: 126584224 ISNI: 0000000121159908 LCCN: n50056014 MusicBrainz: 0cdcd4c5-5d49-4621-a809-87adfaf8eabb OSM: 20165 WorldCat

Accession number

GG_1838

Object history

Nicolaas Jongelinck; 1594 Geschenk der Stadt Antwerpen an Erzherzog Ernst; 1595 Nachlass Erzherzog Ernst; Rudolf II.; Slg. Leopold Wilhelm

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom center:

BRVEGEL. M.D.LXV

Notes

Deutsch: nur 5 Gemälde erhalten (3 in Wien und je ein Bild in Prag und New York)

References

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank.
Web Gallery of Art

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

Other versions

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part of: Labours of the months


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File history

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current	02:19, 25 June 2019	3,000 × 2,151 (2.67 MB)	Paklao	Better version
	19:57, 26 February 2011	1,538 × 1,118 (1.61 MB)	Eugene a	Better version
	04:55, 19 May 2005	2,048 × 1,440 (342 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Zyklus der Monatsbilder, Szene: Heimkehr der Jäger (Monat Januar), Detail \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Öl auf Holz \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 117 × 162 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' Wien \|Country=<br /> ** ''de: