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MOMPER, Joos de

MOMPER, Joos de Helicon or Minerva's Visit to the Muses sg oil painting on canvas
Helicon or Minerva's Visit to the Muses sg
Painting ID::  8250
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MOMPER, Joos de Helicon or Minerva's Visit to the Muses sg oil painting on canvas



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  MOMPER, Joos de
  Flemish painter (b. 1564, Antwerpen, d. 1634/35, Antwerpen). also known as Josse de Momper, is one of the most important Flemish landscape painters between Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens. Brueghel's influence is clearly evident in this many of de Momper's paintings. Born in 1564 in Antwerp, Joos de Momper was first apprenticed to his father. In the 1580s, he travelled to Italy to study art. De Momper primarily painted landscapes, the genre for which he was well-regarded during his lifetime. He painted both fantasy landscapes, viewed from a high vantage point and employing a conventional Mannerist color transition of brown in the foreground to green and finally blue in the background, and more realistic landscapes with a lower viewpoint and more natural colors. His wide panoramas also feature groups of figures.
  Helicon or Minerva's Visit to the Muses sg
  Oil on panel, 140 x 199 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

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