Forest Landscape with Wild Animals
Pieter Bruegel, the elder · late 16th century · Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on card
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Forest Landscape with Wild Animals is a public-domain drawing by Pieter Bruegel, the elder, dated late 16th century. Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on card. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Forest Landscape with Wild Animals” (late 16th century) is a wide scene crowded with small incidents — peasants, a proverb, or a landscape — the sort of design Bruegel also spread through prints.
About the artist
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (about 1525–1569) was a Netherlandish painter of peasants, proverbs, and wide landscapes crowded with small incidents. The print versions spread those compositions widely.
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