An extensive mountainous landscape with hunters on a path
Details
JOOS DE MOMPER II (ANTWERP 1564-1635)
An extensive mountainous landscape with hunters on a path
oil on panel
19 1/4 x 37 in. (48.7 x 93.8 cm.)
Provenance
H. Ritschl, Vienna, by 1930. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 April 1980, lot 104. Anonymous sale; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 30 March-19 April 1984, lot 5. Anonymous sale; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 7-10 November 1989, lot 2030, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
K. Ertz, Josse de Momper der Jüngere (1564-1635): Die Gemälde mit Kritischem OEuvrekatalog, Lingen, 1986, pp. 490-491, no. 101, as with figures by Jan Breughel II.
Exhibited
Vienna, Veranstaltet vom Verein der Museums Freunde, CX. Ausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Kunstler Wiener Secession, 11 January-23 February 1930, no. 169.
While Klaus Ertz (loc. cit.) published the figures as by Jan Breughel II, it has more recently been suggested that they are instead by an artist working in his studio.