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The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist
Also titled Prediking van Johannes de Doper
Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem, 1566–1651)
1590 - 1610
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 8.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed
About this work
The protagonist in this scene, John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, stands partially concealed in the shade of a group of fanciful trees. It is as if Bloemaert wanted to prove that he could paint virtually anything and everything: a mountainous landscape, leafy trees, as well as figures, either nude or clad in exotic colourful gowns and arranged in complicated poses. All of this proves him to be a master of Mannerism.
