Landscape with Grotto is an oil-on-panel painting by Flemish painter Joos de Momper. The painting was completed in the 1610s, possibly in 1616,[1][2][3] and is now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn.[3][4]
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| Artist | Joos de Momper |
| Year | Late 16th century or early 17th century |
| Catalogue | 38.20 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 61.2[1] cm × 93 cm (24 in × 36.6 in) |
| Location | Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn |
Painting
editJoos de Momper was part of a group of Flemish landscapists whose paintings often depicted foreign and craggy topography.[5] His landscapes often included a grotto, such is the case with the present work.[4]
At the bottom left, a shepherd leans on his staff as his flock of sheep grazes on the meadow below. He stands overlooking two seated men, one of whom is an artist sketching the rocks and the waterfall in front of them.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Joos de Momper (II) Landscape with grotto and artists Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, inv./cat.nr". Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ K. Ertz, K. Schütz, A. Wied et al., Das flämische Landschaft 1520–1700, Lingen 2003 [exh. Villa Hügel, Essen/Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2003–4], p. 324-325, no. 119
- ^ a b "Primal Landscape". Rheinisches Landesmuseum. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Landscape with Grotto". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Landscape Painting in the Netherlands". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
Further reading
edit- Livre Peinture de paysage, Norbert Wolf, Taschen, 2008. ISBN 9783822854655
- 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 [exh. Villa Hügel, Essen/Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2003–4], p. 324–325, no. 119
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