Village at Full Moon

Village at Full Moon (Czech: Vesnice za úplňku) is a tempera on panel painting by Flemish painter Joos de Momper. The oeuvre was painted in the early 17th century, possibly in the 1620s,[1] and is currently housed at the National Gallery in Prague.[2][3]

Village at Full Moon
ArtistJoos de Momper
Year1620s[1]
CatalogueO 36
MediumTempera on panel
Dimensions57 cm × 88 cm (22.4 in × 34.6 in)
LocationNational Gallery Prague, Prague

Painting

The painting offers a view of a Flemish village under a full moon. The moon is shining on the town from an open spot in the cloudy sky. In the foreground, two horsemen trot their horses towards a bridge on the bottom right, which a family of three is crossing. A monk is feeding his donkey on the bottom left, while two other barefooted and bearded men talk closely to each other to his right. In this painting, Momper regulated the light so as to illuminate the scene from two points and different sources. From the right there pours in moonlight, while a fiery glow radiates on the other side.[3]

The figures in the painting might have been realized by Jan Brueghel the Elder, a frequent collaborator of de Momper.[3][4]

References
  1. Akira Kofuku, Toshiharu Nakamura (1990). Bruegel and Netherlandish Landscape Painting from the National Gallery Prague. Asahi Shimbun. p. 153.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. "Village at Full Moon". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. "Market and Washing Place in Flanders". Museum of Prado. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.