Which painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder at the Met shows peasants harvesting grain?

The painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder at the Met that shows peasants harvesting grain is The Harvesters.

Painted in 1565, the work presents a broad summer landscape filled with agricultural laborers. Some workers cut wheat, while others rest beneath a tree, eat, drink, or sleep. The scene is generally associated with July or August and belongs to Bruegel’s celebrated cycle of seasonal paintings.

The Harvesters was one of six panels commissioned by the Antwerp merchant Nicolaes Jonghelinck for his country house. The cycle followed the traditional theme of the year’s changing seasons and human activities. Five panels survive today, including this work, which is especially admired for treating peasant life as a worthy subject in its own right.

A common mix-up is The Hunters in the Snow, another panel from the same seasonal cycle. That painting represents winter, while The Harvesters focuses on summer’s grain harvest and abundance.