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BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: Village Scene with Figures and Cows

🖼 Village Scene with Figures and Cows, 1609
Oil on copper
11 × 17 cm
Salzburg, Austria

Bustling village life unfolds across a detailed landscape where figures and livestock populate a winding path beneath golden light. Brueghel captures rural Flemish society with ethnographic precision, establishing the Northern Renaissance tradition of depicting everyday peasant life as worthy subject matter for fine art.

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