Hunters in the Snow (Winter)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1565 · Oil on panel · Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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About this work

Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569)
Year: 1565
Medium: Oil on panel
Original size: 117 × 162 cm
Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Movement: Northern Renaissance
Series: The Months (Seasons)

Three hunters and their lean dogs trudge home over a snowy ridge with a single fox to show for the day, and below them a whole valley opens out: frozen ponds crowded with skaters, a village, a water mill and jagged mountains under a green-grey sky. Bruegel painted it in 1565 as one of a series of six panels showing the months, commissioned by the Antwerp merchant Nicolaes Jonghelinck; five survive and this represents December and January. The alpine peaks are invented, remembered from his journey to Italy, and set behind a Flemish landscape. It is among the earliest paintings to treat winter as a subject in its own right. The panel is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna with two others from the set.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A valley full of small skaters rewards close looking, so hang it where people linger: a dining room, kitchen wall or study at 24×18. A black frame on a warm wall against the green-grey sky; it reads as a winter piece year-round.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Northern Renaissance painting
Era: 16th century (1565)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: kitchen, dining room, study or library, living room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Hunters in the Snow in the public domain?

Yes. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Kunsthistorisches Museum.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Hunters in the Snow painted, and in what medium?

The Hunters in the Snow dates from 1565 and was made in oil on panel; the original measures 117 × 162 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Hunters in the Snow we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Hunters in the Snow (Winter) (Pieter Bruegel the Elder) — Hunters in the Snow (Winter) · Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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