The Hunters in the Snow, also known as The Return of the Hunters, is a 1565 oil on wood painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, set in the depths of winter. It is one of a series of works, five of which survive, each depicting a different time of year, and it is held in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
Facts
Year Created LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 1 Connections
Created By
Painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565.
In Form
1565 winter landscape by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
In Movement
Bruegel is a leading Northern Renaissance painter.
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The Hunters in the Snow (Dutch: Jagers in de Sneeuw), also known as The Return of the Hunters, is a 1565 oil-on-wood painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
The Hunters in the Snow article, sentence on current location
The painting is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
Genre reference
The Hunters in the Snow, also known as The Return of the Hunters, is a 1565 oil on wood painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, set in the depths of winter.
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