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Joos de Momper Antwerp 1564 - 1635
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Description
- Joos de Momper
- view of lake averno, with figures resting in the foreground, and the castle of baia and gulf of pozzuoli in the distance
- bears inscription, attribution and numbering in brown ink on old mount: vue du lac averne a puzzol; Giodaco de Momper.; 2
pen and brown ink over red chalk, within brown ink framing lines
Catalogue Note
At some point during the 1580s, Joos de Momper studied in Italy with Lodewijk Toeput, called Pozzoserrato. His works at this time can be hard to separate from those of his master, but the present drawing seems to show strong hints of the fluidity of draftsmanship characteristic of Momper's later drawings, and to be less closely comparable with Toeput's style. In particular, the handling of the trees is similar to a signed and dated Momper drawing of 1620, in Dresden (inv. C 1883-55). That Momper may have travelled as far as the Bay of Naples has not, however, been previously suggested, and even Toeput, who spent many years in Italy, is only known to have gone as far south as Rome.