Pieter Bruegel the Elder -Winter Landscape with Skaters and Birds Trap (1565)

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder -Winter Landscape with Skaters and Birds Trap (1565)

“Winter Landscape with Ice-skaters and Bird-trap is a 1565 painting attributed to the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder, located in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. It shows a village scene where people skate on a frozen river, while on the right among trees and bushes, birds gather around a bird trap. It has become known as the original or oldest exemplar of the most successful painting of the Bruegel family dynasty, since the art historian Klaus Ertz documented 127 copies in his comprehensive monograph on the artist’s son in 2000.

The painting may make reference to the winter of 1564/65 which was, according to the records, particularly harsh. The scene doubtless has a deeper meaning, linked to an allegorical interpretation of human existence which was widely held in the 16th century. This conception sees the devotee as a pilgrim crossing a life dotted with dangers and temptations, which he must avoid to reach salvation. Thus, bird traps, like the trap on the right in the foreground, were used in the literature of the time to symbolize of the devil’s temptations destined for lost souls (birds traditionally symbolized the soul). Skating scenes in art often portray the uncertain (slippery) nature of existence. Skaters and birds are brought together here both for their obliviousness and their vulnerability to the looming perils.”

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