The Coppée Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness has long been recognised as one of the finest treatments of what was Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s most successful, and popular, large-scale compositions of a religious subject matter.

Unseen on the market for over seventy years and described by Klaus Ertz as of ‘outstanding quality’, this monumental panel is one of the best preserved examples of the subject by the artist who was inspired by his father, Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s picture of 1566, now in the Széptmüvészeti Museum, Budapest.

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Paul Raison
Head of Department Old Master Paintings
PRaison@christies.com
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