Peasants and Cattle near a Farmhouse
Pieter Bruegel the Elder · c. 1553/1554 · pen and brown ink on laid paper
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About this picture
Peasants and Cattle near a Farmhouse is a public-domain drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, dated c. 1553/1554. Pen and brown ink on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Peasants and Cattle near a Farmhouse” (c. 1553/1554) 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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