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The Return of the Herd is an oil on wood painting by Pieter Bruegel in 1565. The painting is one in a series of six works five of which are still intact that depict different times of the year. The painting is currently in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum located in Vienna Austria. Note the painting’s clockwise movement and its thematic contrasts. There is movement not just of the river flowing downstream but of the cattle moving ploddingly uphill.
