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La Prédication de saint Jean Baptiste, Bloemaert, Abraham, 4e quart du XVIe siècle (1590 - 1600)
Abraham Bloemaert, portraitAbraham BloemaertDutch, 1566–1651

La Prédication de saint Jean Baptiste

last quarter of the 16th century (1590–1600) · Painting

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Yes, on view now

Where is “La Prédication de saint Jean Baptiste” now? Musée du Louvre, Salle 806, Aile Richelieu, Niveau 2, Paris. Yes, on view now. Checked September 26, 2026.

Musée du Louvre

Paris, France

Room806, Aile Richelieu, Niveau 2

Closed· opens at 9:00 AM

On public display.

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In this state since
Source
The museum
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Details

Accession number
MNR 462

In the catalog

PaintingsOilDutch paintingRenaissance16th century

Sources

  • Musée du Louvre
  • Image: Musée du Louvre — © 2009 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Stéphane Maréchalle

In the life of Abraham Bloemaert

The whole life

  1. 1591

    Follows his father to Amsterdam

    When his father is appointed city architect (stads-bouwmeester) of Amsterdam in 1591, Bloemaert accompanies him there.

  2. 1593

    Death of his father

    In 1593 his father, the architect Cornelis Bloemaert I, dies; Abraham returns to Utrecht.

  3. 1593–1594

    Sets up a workshop in Utrecht

    Back in Utrecht, Bloemaert sets up a workshop of his own; many of his paintings are commissioned by the city's clandestine Catholic churches.

  4. 1594

    Dean of the saddlemakers' guild in Utrecht

    In 1594 Bloemaert becomes dean (“deken”) of the saddlemakers' guild, which included painters: since 1367 painters had belonged to it, with no Guild of St Luke of their own.

  5. c. 1600

    From Haarlem Mannerism to the Baroque

    Having begun in the style of the “Haarlem Mannerists”, by the beginning of the 17th century Bloemaert alters his style in line with the new Baroque style then developing.

  6. 1602

    Son born: Hendrick Bloemaert

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All works
Moses Striking the Rock, Abraham Bloemaert, 1596

Moses Striking the Rock

1596 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel, Abraham Bloemaert, 17th century

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

17th century · State Hermitage Museum

Landscape with the Prophet Elijah in the Desert, Abraham Bloemaert, 1610s

Landscape with the Prophet Elijah in the Desert

1610s · State Hermitage Museum

L'Adoration des bergers, Bloemaert, Abraham, 1e quart du XVIIe siècle (1612)

L'Adoration des bergers

first quarter of the 17th century (1612) · Musée du Louvre

Head of an Old Man, Abraham Bloemaert, 1625/1628

Head of an Old Man

1625/1628 · National Gallery of Art

Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel, Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1625–30

Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel

c. 1625–30 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Allégorie de l'hiver (et de l'amour), Bloemaert, Abraham, 1e quart du XVIIe siècle (vers 1625 - 1630)

Allégorie de l'hiver (et de l'amour)

first quarter of the 17th century (c. 1625–1630) · Musée du Louvre

Apollon og Diana straffer Niobe ved at dræbe hendes børn, Abraham Bloemaert, 1591

Apollon og Diana straffer Niobe ved at dræbe hendes børn

1591 · SMK

In the same room · Salle 806, Aile Richelieu, Niveau 2, Musée du Louvre

Museum page
Portrait de femme âgée de 44 ans en 1558, Anonyme, XVIe siècle (1500 - 1600)

anonymous

Portrait de femme âgée de 44 ans en 1558, 16th century (1500–1600)

Le Baptême du Christ, 1588, Cornelis, van Haarlem, 4e quart du XVIe siècle (1588)

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem

Le Baptême du Christ, 1588, last quarter of the 16th century (1588)

Allégorie de la Justice et de la Prudence, Spranger, Bartholomeus, Fin du XVIe siècle - début du XVIIè siècle (1575 - 1625)

Bartholomeus Spranger

Allégorie de la Justice et de la Prudence, 1575–1625

L'Adoration des bergers, Bloemaert, Abraham, 1e quart du XVIIe siècle (1612)

Abraham Bloemaert

L'Adoration des bergers, first quarter of the 17th century (1612)

Portrait d'Otto van Veen à son chevalet, entouré des siens, Veen, Otto van, XVIe siècle (1584)

Otto van Veen

Portrait d'Otto van Veen à son chevalet, entouré des siens, 16th century (1584)

Persée secourant Andromède, Wtewael, Joachim, 1e quart du XVIIe siècle (1611)

Joachim Wtewael

Persée secourant Andromède, first quarter of the 17th century (1611)

Les Noces de Thétis et de Pélée avec Apollon et le concert des Muses ou Le Festin des dieux, Clerck, Hendrick de, 1e quart du XVIIe siècle (1600 - 1625)

Hendrik de Clerck

Les Noces de Thétis et de Pélée avec Apollon et le concert des Muses ou Le Festin des dieux, first quarter of the 17th century (1600–1625)

Portrait présumé de Claes Jobsz. Coster (1581-1605), fils de Job C. Coster, Pietersz, Pieter, Fin du XVIe siècle - début du XVIIè siècle (1599)

Pieter Pietersz.

Portrait présumé de Claes Jobsz. Coster (1581-1605), fils de Job C. Coster, 1599