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The Harvesters as a pencil sketch The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565The Met · public domain

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

The Harvesters

Oil on wood, 1565. One of six paintings Bruegel made of the times of the year. Five survive.

The four questions, one per block

  • What do you remember differently?
  • Tell one story only the people here would know.
  • What have you never quite agreed on?
  • What do you want the others to remember about tonight?

In Color with Words, two or three people fill this painting together, each from their own phone.