The Hare Hunters
Pieter Bruegel, the elder · 1566 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Hare Hunters is a public-domain illustration by Pieter Bruegel, the elder, dated 1566. Etching in black on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Hare Hunters” (1566) 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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