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The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist
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 …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/73C11
- http://iconclass.org/73C113
- http://iconclass.org/42A31
- http://iconclass.org/25H1
- http://iconclass.org/48CC7341
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/73C11
- http://iconclass.org/73C113
- http://iconclass.org/42A31
- http://iconclass.org/25H1
- http://iconclass.org/48CC7341
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1590 - 1610
- 1590/1610
- 1590/1610
Place-Time
- fourth quarter 16th century
Provenance
- …; from F. Cole, £ 150, to the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1949;{GRI, acc. no. 81780591, Colnaghi records, 1894-1959, picture stock books, fiche no. 23, inv. no.2550.} from whom, fl. 8,155.43, to the museum, 1950
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6069
- SK-A-3746
Extent
- height 139 cm
- width 188 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:49.566Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:56.197Z