Pieter Brueghel the ElderNetherlandish, 1525–1569The Harvesters
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Yes, receiving visitors
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Room638New York, United States
On public display.
- Checked
- 4 hours ago
- In this state since
- Sep 26, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565. It depicts the harvest time set in a landscape, in the months of July and August or late summer. Nicolaes Jonghelinck, a merchant banker and art collector from Antwerp, commissioned this painting as part of a cycle of six paintings depicting various seasonal transitions during the year.
Particulars
- Accession number
- 19.164
What it shows
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
Meanwhile, in the life of Pieter Brueghel the Elder
The whole life1551–1563 · Workplace
Antwerp
1563
Marries Mayken Coecke and moves to Brussels
He moved from Antwerp to Brussels and married Mayken Coecke, daughter of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Mayken Verhulst: the deposition for the marriage was registered on 25 July 1563 and the wedding took place in the Chapel Church in Brussels. According to van Mander, his mother-in-law pressed for the move to distance him from his long-standing mistress, a servant girl.
July 1563 · Workplace
Antwerp
25 July 1563
Married: Mayken Coecke
August 1563 – 1569 · Workplace
Brussels
1564
A son, Pieter, is born
A son, Pieter, was born — the future Pieter Brueghel the Younger; the father died when both sons were very small, and their grandmother Mayken Verhulst trained them.
