''Landscape with Grotto'' is an
oil on panel
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painting by
Flemish
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painter
Joos de Momper
Joos de Momper the Younger or Joost de Momper the Younger (1564February5, 1635) was a Flemish landscape painter active in Antwerp between the late 16th century and the early 17th century. Brueghel's influence is clearly evident in many of de Momp ...
. The painting was completed in the 1610s, possibly in 1616,
[K. Ertz, K. Schütz, A. Wied et al., Das flämische Landschaft 1520–1700, Lingen 2003 xh. Villa Hügel, Essen/Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2003–4 p. 324-325, no. 119] and is currently housed at the
Rheinisches Landesmuseum in
Bonn
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.
Painting
Joos de Momper was part of a group of Flemish landscapists whose paintings often depicted foreign and craggy topography.
His landscapes often included a
grotto
A grotto is a natural or artificial cave used by humans in both modern times and antiquity, and historically or prehistorically. Naturally occurring grottoes are often small caves near water that are usually flooded or often flooded at high ti ...
, such is the case with the present oeuvre.
There are three figures on the bottom left. One of them is a shepherd leaning on his staff. His flock of sheep is grazing on the meadow below. Two of the three figures are sitting. One of them has been described as an artist, sketching the rocks and the waterfall in front of them.
References
Further reading
* Livre Peinture de paysage, Norbert Wolf, Taschen, 2008.
* Goldkuhle/Krueger/Schmidt 1982, p. 362-363
* Bergvelt/Jonker 2016, p. 244, under DPG314 and DPG323 (David Teniers II; RKD, nos. 289996 and 289998)
* K. Ertz, K. Schütz, A. Wied et al., Das flämische Landschaft 1520–1700, Lingen 2003
xh. Villa Hügel, Essen/Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2003–4 p. 324–325, no. 119
External links
The painting at LVR official website
16th-century paintings
17th-century paintings
Landscape paintings
Paintings by Joos de Momper
Paintings in Bonn
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