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The Preaching of John the Baptist
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The Preaching of John the Baptist

Dimensions

21 1/2 x 29 5/8 in. (54.6 x 75.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1991

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Bartholomeus Breenbergh

1598–1657Dutch Republic

Probably was apprenticed in Amsterdam. He was one of the early Dutch italianates, that is, northern artists who travelled to Italy in the 1620s and were inspired by southern landscapes. On his return, he settled in Amsterdam and his landscapes were developed as more severe and monumental, often with historical subjects; strongly influenced by the Pre-Rembrandtists. Comment on works: Landscapes; Ruins; Religious; Mythology