(Antwerp 1601–1678) and Joos de Momper (Antwerp 1564–1635)
A wide landscape with travellers, oil on panel, 52 x 84 cm, framed,

Certificate: Dr. Klaus Ertz (June 2010).

As an important addition to the known collaborative works by the Antwerp artists from first half of the 17th Century the present painting is an oustanding example of the work between the landscapist Joos de Momper and Jan Brueghel II. From a slightly elevated vantage point, which according to Klaus Ertz is already far removed from the earlier Flemish perspective of ‘world landscapes‘, the spectator views a serene and peaceful scenery. In the right foreground, a group of travellers have settled to take a rest, observing the curved road. Displaying a cheerfulness that is reminiscent of his father and the great tradition of his family, Brueghel rendered this genre element with the technical perfection that is so typical of his art. The detailed, narrative scene is set in a landscape conceived by Momper. In this impressive example of their collaboration, Momper succeeded in combining the landscape ideal of the Late Mannerist panorama with a more contemporary approach that anticipated the treatment of landscape painting in the second half of the century.

Certificate: Dr. Klaus Ertz (June 2010). As an important addition to the known collaborative works by the Antwerp artists from first half of the 17th Century the present painting is an oustanding example of the work between the landscapist Joos de Momper