The three soldiers

Bruegel, Pieter, I (ca. 1525-1569)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1568
Height:
20.3 cm  (8 in.)
Width:
17.8 cm  (7 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on oak panel

    Item location

  • Frick Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 1965.1.163]

Description

A depiction of three standing Landsknechten in full military dress: one of them plays a flute, another plays a large side drum, and the third hoists a banner.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flute [3955]
Side drum [2729]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Paintings in The Frick Collection: American, British, Dutch, Flemish and German (New York: The Frick Collection, 1968) vol. 1.

Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts(New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996).

RIdIM record id

1676