Mountain Landscape with Castle is an oil-on-panel painting by Flemish painter Joos de Momper. It was probably completed in the 1600s.[1][2]
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| Artist | Joos de Momper |
| Year | 1600s |
| Catalogue | 6967 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 45 cm × 74.8 cm (17.7 in × 29.4 in) |
| Location | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Painting
editThe painting depicts the exotic, imaginary landscape typical of de Mompers' oeuvre and his circle.[3][4] A warm-colored foreground gives way to a less warm background with bluish highlands seen from a distance. Several people are traveling up and down a winding path dug into a cliff, on top of which there sits a castle. In the foreground, there moves a group of travelers with two donkeys. Among them there are two horsemen, one of whose horses stands beside a dog. In his early work, de Momper often collaborated with Jan Brueghel the Elder, who generally painted staffage figures for him.[1]
Provenance of the painting
editThe painting became property of Arthur Seyss-Inquart, an Austrian Nazi leader responsible of crimes against the Dutchmen and humanity.[5][2] The painting was acquired in 1942 by Dr. Schubert-Soldern, and became part of Vienna's Gemäldegalerie collection in 1942.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mountain Landscape with Castle". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Gebirgslandschaft mit Burg". Kunsthistorisches Museum. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Landscape Painting in the Netherlands". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Landscape with a Mountain Pass". Liechtenstein Museum. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Arthur Seyss-Inquart". Britannica. Retrieved 26 September 2020.