The Return of the Herd is a panel painting in oils by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, made in 1565. It is one in a series of six works (High Springtime is presumed lost) that depict different seasons. The painting is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. The autumnal colors of the landscape and the bare trees connect this particular painting to October/November.

The surviving Months of the Year cycle are:

See also

  • List of paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

References

  • The Return of the Herd at Kunsthistorisches Museum website (in German)

External links

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on The Return of the Herd

Anorak Thing The Face of '68 Says Goodbye To The Herd

Return of the Herd, c.1860 Constant Troyon

The Return of the Herd by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Ceramic Mug

The Return Tödliche Bedrohung (Bluray) jpc

The Return of the Herd 1565 by Pieter Brueghel the Elder in Ku