Landscape with a View of the Sea at Sunset

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 currently housed at the British Museum in London.[1] The drawing is valuable in that it is the only drawing signed and dated by de Momper.[2]

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

The drawing shows a view of the sea with a setting sun. A gulf 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
  1. 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. "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
  • 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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