| Children's Games | |
|---|---|
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_Children%E2%80%99s_Games_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Children’s Games | |
| Artist | Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
| Year | 1560[1] |
| Type | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 118 cm × 161 cm (46 in × 63 in) |
| Location | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Children's Games is an oil-on-panel by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1560. It is currently held and exhibited at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The entire composition is full of children playing a wide variety of games. Over 90 different games that were played by children at the time have been identified.[2]
- ^ signed at bottom right "BRVEGEL 1560"
- ^ Hindman, Sandra (September 1981). "Pieter Bruegel's Children's Games, Folly and Chance". Art Bulletin. 63 (3): 447–475 – via JStor.