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Peasants cut and bind golden wheat on a hillside; others eat and doze under a pear tree, while the land falls away to a village, a church and a hazy bay.
Northern Wonder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder
date 1565
medium Oil on oak
origin The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
dimensions 119 × 162 cm
credit line Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Open Access, CC0 1.0
exhibitions Northern Wonder
hall 02 Northern Wonder
rights CC0 1.0
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