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BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder: Adoration of the Kings in the Snow

🖼 Adoration of the Kings in the Snow, 1567
Tempera on panel
35 × 55 cm
Winterthur, Switzerland

Snowdrifts and winter chaos frame the sacred scene as humble figures gather around the Christ child in a Flemish village setting. Bruegel's subversive composition elevates peasant life and landscape above religious pageantry, challenging Renaissance conventions while affirming spiritual presence in everyday moments.

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