Step into a snow-covered village in the early 1600s, where Pieter Brueghel the Younger captures winter life in the Low Countries with warmth, humour, and humanity. Inspired by his father’s famous compositions, this scene is alive with everyday detail—villagers delivering taxes at an inn, traders arriving with carts and wagons, pilgrims wandering the snowy landscape, and children playing, skating, and throwing snowballs across the ice.
Brueghel brings universal human moments to life: elders wrapped against the cold, figures bent under the weight of work, and children filled with joy and wonder. It’s this ability to tell many stories at once—grounded in familiar, relatable experience—that makes his work so enduring.
He shows that even in the simplest moments, there is richness, connection, and something extraordinary. Presented by Qatar Executive, this delightful winter landscape is on offer as a highlight of the Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction taking place at Sothe...
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