The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (Bruegel)

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The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist
Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist.jpg
Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions95 cm× 160.5 cm(37 in× 63.2 in)
Location Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (or The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist) is a painting of 1566 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary. It was painted as oil on panel.

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According to author Russell Shorto, the painting was "a sly blessing" on "hedge sermons" given by Calvinist preachers "in a field outside the city walls, safely beyond the jurisdiction of the king's men", the king being Philip II of Spain, who had banned Protestant worship in Dutch cities. [1]

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References

  1. Shorto, Russell (2013). Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City. New York: Doubleday, pp. 63, 65.