03 — ARTWORK
The Preaching of St John the Baptist
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 139 x 188 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 1067 × 770 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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The subject of this painting was very popular in the Netherlands among Protestants and Catholics alike in the closing years of the 16th century. This canvasA woven cloth used as a support for painting. The best-quality canvas is made of linen; other materials used are cotton, hemp, and jute. It is now so familiar a material that the word 'canvas' has become almost a synonym for an oil painting, but it was not until around 1500 that it began to rival the wooden panel (which was more expensive and took longer to prepare) as the standard support for movable paintings (the transition came later in Northern Europe than in Italy). Canvas is not suitable for painting on until it has been coated with a ground, which isolates the fabric from the paint; otherwise it will absorb too much paint, only very rough effects will be obtainable, and parts of the fabric may be rotted by the pigments. It must also be made taut on a stretcher or by some other means., with its colourful figures, is the most impressive of the versions that the Catholic Bloemaert painted of the subject. One striking feature is the prominence given to the landscape, which is in a wholly Flemish style.
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@online{wga-r613625bae7e87c,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {The Preaching of St John the Baptist by BLOEMAERT, Abraham},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500/the-preaching-of-st-john-the-baptist-r613625bae7e87c},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
