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The People's Census at Bethlehem
Real-world connection
No single real-world viewpoint
Bruegel transposes the census to a Flemish winter village — not a view of Bethlehem.
- Date
- 1566-01-01
- Real-world link
- Real-world connection
Where the original is now
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
In the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
On-view status is not live-verified — check the museum before visiting.
Sources
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels — collection record for Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ‘The Census at Bethlehem’ (‘Le Dénombrement de Bethléem’), inv. 3637; signed and dated 1566, oil on oak panel, 116 × 164 cm; the biblical census transposed to a Flemish winter village (fine-arts-museum.be)
- Manfred Sellink, ‘Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Drawings and Prints’ (Ludion, 2007), cat. no. 128
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