Joos de Momper (Antwerp 1564 - 1635)
A hilly Landscape with Travellers; a Village beyond
oil on panel
44 x 70 cm
Joos de Momper (Antwerp 1564 - 1635)
A Landscape with a Distant Town on a Hilltop
pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines, on laid paper
224 x 389 mm
dated in brown ink, lower right: 'den 31 Januarij 162(0?)'
The precise dating indicates that this drawing very probably depicts a real location, rather than one of the imaginary views that more usually provided Momper with his subjects, but unfortunately...
The precise dating indicates that this drawing very probably depicts a real location, rather than one of the imaginary views that more usually provided Momper with his subjects, but unfortunately we do not have any record of where the artist travelled at this relatively late stage in his career. His only known trip to Italy, which gave rise to most of his other known topographical drawings, took place in the 1580s.
Provenance
Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2006, lot 22,
where acquired by the present owner.
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