Landscape with Saint John the Baptist

Paul Bril (1554-1626)

Here we see the young Saint John the Baptist in a charming, typically Flemish painting. The saint is identified by his attributes – the cross, the lamb, and the austere woollen tunic. The lonely place where the Precursor has retired to is not a parched desert but rather a luxuriant forest inhabited by delightful animals, enlivened by the songs of countless birds and swarming with insects and even pretty little snails. Here too the representation of an important biblical figure becomes an opportunity to create a genre picture.

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• TITLE

  Landscape with Saint John the Baptist

• AUTHOR

  Paul Bril (1554-1626)

• INVENTARIO

  596

• DATE

  c. 1595

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on canvas

• DIMENSIONS

  83 × 131 cm

• SUBJECT

  Landscape,Sacred art

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  17th century Flemish painting

• ROOM

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