The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Religious |
| Date | 1566 |
| Dimensions | 95 x 160.5 cm |
| Support | Panel |
| Medium | Oil |
| Signature | BRUEGEL / MD.LXVI |
| Signature location | Lower right |
| Attribution authorities | Sellink, cat. #153: accepted., Accepted. Tolnay 1935., Accepted. Friedländer 1937., Accepted. Grossmann 1973., Accepted. Marijnissen 1988. |
| Location | Budapest, Hungary |
| Collection | Szépművészeti Múzeum |
| Accession numbers | 51.2829 |
| General Notes | Possible provenance from Micheal Auner that painting was in Hungary from 1569-70 as part of private collection of Hungarian Batthyányi family. Another possible provenance is that painting is part of Infante Isabella's collection, mentioned in the inventory of Coudenberg palace in Brussels as "predicatie van St Jan"; however, there is a discrepancy in the size of the canvas. Mentioned by Antwerp art collector Peeter Stevens in the margins of his copy of Van Mander's Schilder-Boeck, between 1625 and 1668. |
| Tags | Preaching, Infanta Isabella, Forest, Mountain, River, Crowd, Non-Westerners, John the Baptist, New Testament |
| External resources | Szépmüvészeti Museum |