Bruegel: Seasons on View in Vienna
Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565, oil on oak panel, 46 x 63⅘ inches, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Picture Gallery, depicts “Winter” in Bruegel’s Seasons series. This was a six-part series of the changing seasons originally comprised of 6 large scale paintings produced for a collector’s dining room, only 5 of these masterpieces still exist.
On view at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria, from October 2, 2018 until January 13, 2019, Bruegel: The Hand of the Master includes some 40 paintings, including the Seasons series, plus 60 drawings and 80 prints, uniting Bruegel’s works across all media in a single exhibition for the first time.
Visit our earlier post to learn more about this singular exhibition dedicated to Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
