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The Census at Bethlehem (also known as The Numbering at Bethlehem) is an oil-on-panel by the Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1566.  It is signed and measures about 1155 × 1645 mm.  It is currently held and exhibited at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, which acquired it in 1902.  It is one of the first paintings in Western art to feature a significant snow landscape and was painted in the aftermath of the winter of 1565, which was one of the harshest winters on record.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Brussels Belgium Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium the Flemish Renaissance Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels