Landscape with Chateau on a Hill

Joos de Momper II

Associated Names
Joos de Momper II

Artist, Flemish, 1564 - 1635

The image shows a hilly landscape with a cityscape in the distance across a body of water. The brushstrokes are precise and delicate, featuring fine lines defining the scene clearly. The color palette is earthy and muted, with soft browns, greens, and pale blues. A small arched bridge crosses a narrow waterway, leading to rustic buildings and trees. A winding path cuts through rolling terrain towards a building with a flag on top. More buildings with pointed roofs are scattered in the landscape, with water extending towards the horizon reflecting clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash and watercolor, heightened with white, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.3 x 28 cm (7 3/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.51.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lord Treowen; (sale, Burton, Knowles & Co, Gloucester, 20-28 June 1934). Mr. Alfred Jowett, Killinghall. (Sale, Christie's, London, 27 November 1973, no. 210). Purchased 1974 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 68

Wikidata ID

Q64584517

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