The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1565 · Oil on oak panel · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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About this work

Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525–1569)
Year: 1565
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Original size: 119 × 162 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Northern Renaissance
Series: The Seasons (1565)

Peasants cut and stack golden wheat on a hillside on a hot day in late summer; in the foreground a group eats bread, porridge and pears under a pear tree while a man sleeps beside them, and the land falls away past a village, a church and a pond with bathers to a hazy bay with ships. Bruegel painted the panel in Antwerp in 1565 as part of a series of six on the times of the year, commissioned by the merchant banker Nicolaes Jonghelinck for his house. Five survive: The Gloomy Day, The Hunters in the Snow and The Return of the Herd in Vienna, Haymaking in Prague and this one. In 1594 the city of Antwerp gave the set to Archduke Ernst, Governor of the Netherlands; the set is believed to have passed to Emperor Rudolf II the following year. The focus on ordinary work rather than a religious story makes it an important early landscape. The Metropolitan Museum of Art bought it in 1919.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Golden wheat fields under a hot pale sky with resting harvesters under a pear tree and a hazy bay beyond, for a kitchen, dining room or living room at 24×36 in natural wood. An ochre, cream or sage wall; it pairs with The Hunters in the Snow.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Northern Renaissance painting
Era: 16th century (1565)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, kitchen, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

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

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 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

Shipping & returns

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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Harvesters in the public domain?

Yes. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (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 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 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 Harvesters painted, and in what medium?

The Harvesters dates from 1565 and was made in oil on oak panel; the original measures 119 × 162 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Harvesters we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Harvesters — the Harvesters — reapers at work and at lunch beneath a pear tree in a golden wheat field on a summer afternoon — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Bruegel: The Peasant and the Seasons, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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