The Harvesters
ArtistPieter Bruegel the Elder
Year1565
MediumOil on wood
LocationMetropolitan Museum, New York
About The Harvesters
Part of a series of six paintings depicting the months. Shows peasants harvesting wheat in late summer. Bruegel was one of the first to make peasants the subject of serious art. The landscape stretches to the sea in the distance. Part of a cycle of which only five survive.
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