How many paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder had Niclaes Jonghelinck collected by 1566?

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Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground. — Pieter Bruegel, the Elder *Peasant Dance*, oil on wood by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1568; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

By 1566, the wealthy Antwerp collector Niclaes Jonghelinck had acquired 16 paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Among these works was the celebrated series known as the Labours of the Months, which included the painting Hunters in the Snow.12