Ultra HD Master (5 000 × 3 558 px)
Northern Renaissance
1565
Hunters in the Snow
Original title: Jagers in de Sneeuw
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on wood
Dimensions:
117 cm × 162 cm
Date of Creation:
1565
Scan Resolution:
5 000 × 3 558 px
Archive File Size:
5.1 MB
Permanent Collection:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Historical Narrative
Weary hunters and their hounds trudge through deep snow overlooking a vast panoramic winter landscape filled with frozen ponds and distant alpine peaks.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"One of Western art's greatest winter landscapes, celebrated for its exquisite high vantage point, rhythmic diagonals, and atmospheric cold."
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