An extensive mountainous landscape with travellers near a hut

Details

Studio of Joos de Momper (Antwerp 1564-1635)
An extensive mountainous landscape with travellers near a hut
oil on panel
19¼ x 26 1/8 in. (49 x 66.3 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Palais Galliéra, 7 March 1967, lot 69, with incorrect measurements.
Anonymous sale; Palais Galliéra, 28 March 1968, lot 155, with incorrect measurements.

Literature

K. Ertz, Joos de Momper der Jüngere, Freren, 1986, pp. 279 and 631, no. A47, fig. 324, with incorrect measurements, under rejected attributions, possibly a work by Frans de Momper (incorrectly described on p. 279 as fig. 325, rather than 324).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This picture was published by Klaus Ertz in his 2000 catalogue raisonné of the work of Joos de Momper as one of a group of paintings possibly by the artist's nephew, Frans. More recently, Dr. Ertz has re-examined the painting and now attributes it to Joos de Momper himself, with the staffage by Sebastiaen Vrancx. The present attribution is therefore conservative, but reflects the continuing debate into the nature of the work of Joos, his nephew and studio.

This lot is sold with a certificate from Dr. Klaus Ertz, dated 26 August 2003, attributing the painting in full to Joos de Momper II and Sebastiaen Vrancx.

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