# The Peasants' Brawl

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUEGHEL, Pieter the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel, 97 x 115 cm

## Commentary

This panel depicts a fight between two peasants armed with a pitchfork and a flail, and four others, including two brave women, attempting to intervene. The barrel and flagon together with the scattered playing cards clearly suggest the cause of the quarrel. the design of the composition was in all probability Pieter Bruegel the Elder&#39;s invention. Several versions of this composition have survived.

## Related artworks

- [A Village Street](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/a-village-street-rd13ca8f87457d6>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r142407a5d5f502>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r8be82c9dd464a4>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-r1cf943ce3d656a>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-rbb76a4d3433392>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-rccd482ccc3b2b6>)
- [Battle of Carnival and Lent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/battle-of-carnival-and-lent-ra250809df7c10b>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/crucifixion-rf7952dcb11e394>)
- [Massacre of the Innocents](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/massacre-of-the-innocents-rd1a096f2e55e5e>)
- [Peasant Wedding Dance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/peasant-wedding-dance-r5c8c21a7660348>)
- [Peasant Wedding Dance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/peasant-wedding-dance-re0fdec83681a30>)
- [Peasants Greeting One Another](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/peasants-greeting-one-another-r06ba50e8d99598>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)