The Hunters in the Snow
Pieter Brueghel the Elder · 1565
Why it's great
Three hunters trudge home through the snow with their dogs, while villagers skate and play on frozen ponds below. Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted it in 1565, and it is one of the most loved winter scenes in the world.
Where to see it
📍 Kunsthistorisches MuseumInnere Stadt, Austria
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish painter born near Breda in about 1525. He lived in Antwerp and Brussels and became famous for crowded paintings of village life, proverbs and landscapes. He died in Brussels in 1569.
