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A Closer Look…

Hunters in the Snow

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish (modern-day Netherlands and Belgium) painter of the late-Renaissance. He tended to focus on everyday scenarios and more realistic scenes of peasantry. This was much different from the religious and philosophical themes of contemporary Italian Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Bruegel received the title “Bruegel the Peasant†due to his practice of dressing as a commoner in order to attend weddings and events where he could receive inspiration for his paintings.

Hunters in the Snow, completed in 1565, focuses on both the hardships and joys of villagers in wintry conditions. It is famous, as with many of Bruegel’s works, for its large amount of detail and several smaller narratives within one larger scene. Larger images of this painting can be found on the internet. Using these, you can zoom in and discover more details.

Things to look for: a man who has fallen on the ice and lost his hat, a rundown hotel that is apparently burning its matts to combat a lice infestation, and a woman watching this happen from her doorway.

 

Men combat a flue fire. Notice the person on the roof, apparently making sure it does not catch fire. In the field left of the house, there is another man with a ladder racing to the scene.

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A dog looks downtrodden as do hunters and canines walking with him. Notice the meager catch slung over the shoulder of one of the men.

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Boys spin tops on a frozen pond. This shows a lighter, more playful side to the wintry scene compared to the trudging of hunters and workers in the foreground.

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