Landscape with a View of the Sea at Sunset

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Landscape with a View of the Sea at Sunset[1]
ArtistJoos de Momper
Yearca. 1623
CatalogueOo,9.48
Mediumpen drawing with wash
Dimensions22.3 cm × 35.4 cm (8.8 in × 13.9 in)
LocationBritish Museum, London

Landscape with a View of the Sea at Sunset is a pen and ink wash drawing by Flemish painter Joos de Momper. It was painted in 1610, and is now in the British Museum in London.[1] The drawing is valuable in that it is the only drawing signed and dated by de Momper.[2]

The drawing shows a view of the sea with the setting sun. A bay with sailing boats and mountains are visible in the distance. The painting is bordered by two wooded flanks. To the right, close to the foreground, there sits a cottage facing a country road.[2][3]

The painting was acquired by the British Museum in 1824.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Karel G. Boon (1992). The Netherlandish and German Drawings of the XVth and XVIth Centuries of the Frits Lugt Collection, Volume 1. Institut Néerlandais. p. 266. ISBN 9789066302945.
  2. ^ a b c "Landscape with a view of the sea and a setting sun". British Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Landscape". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • H.G. Franz, 'Meister der Spätmanieristischen Landschaftmalerei in den Niederlanden', in Jahrbuch des kunsthistorischen Institutes der Universität Graz 3-4 (1968-1969), p. 62, fig.90
  • K. Ertz, 'Josse de Momper the Younger', Freren, 1986, pp. 94–95, fig.43
  • T. Gerszi, 'Joos de Momper als Zeichner: Teil 2', in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 35 (1993), p. 186.
  • Popham (D & F) 1932 / Dutch and Flemish drawings of the XV and XVI centuries

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