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The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist
Artist	Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Medium	Oil on panel
Dimensions	95 cm × 160.5 cm (37 in × 63.2 in)
Location	Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

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.

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.

See also

• List of paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

References

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

External links

• Media related to The Preaching of St. John the Baptist (Pieter Bruegel the Elder) at Wikimedia Commons
• The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist on Google Arts and Culture

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Drawings	The Painter and The Buyer (1565)
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