Who painted “The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist”?

“The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist” was painted by Pieter Brueghel the Elder in 1566. Where to see it: Museum of Fine Arts.

Northern Renaissance

What to look for

Pieter Brueghel the Elder: crowds of small peasants seen from above in wide landscapes, busy with work, games or feasts, often with a hidden moral.

Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (c. 1525–1530 – 9 September 1569) was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genre painting); he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings. Wikipedia

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More by Pieter Brueghel the Elder

“The Tower of Babel”, 1563
“The Hunters in the Snow”, 1565
“Netherlandish Proverbs”, 1559
“The Triumph of Death”, 1562
“Children's Games”, 1560
“The Blind Leading the Blind”, 1568
“The Peasant Wedding”, 1568
“Dull Gret”, 1563