Felsige Landschaft mit Grotte,

um 1618/20

Material / Technology / Carrier

Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

52,8 x 85,8 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Flämische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

6583

Acquisition

Aus der Schlossgalerie Aschaffenburg; kurmainzische Galerie

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg Aschaffenburg

Citation

Josse de Momper, Felsige Landschaft mit Grotte, um 1618/20, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg Aschaffenburg, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/A9xlKWN4Wv (Last updated on 07.09.2023)

Josse de Momper is one of the most important proponents of Flemish landscape painting. In addition to panoramic landscapes known as world landscapes, he frequently painted mountainous landscapes, in the foreground of which bizarrely shaped rocks and dark grottoes and caves frame the view of the distant landscape. The close-up foreground, which is rendered in brown tones, provides space for staffage—frequently travellers or pilgrims, who are identifiable by the shells they wear on their hats.