MOMPER, Joos de
(b. 1564, Antwerpen, d. 1634/35, Antwerpen)

Landscape

1610
Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash, 223 x 354 mm
British Museum, London

This drawing depicts a landscape with a view of the sea and a setting sun; near the foreground to right a building by a road, seen between wooded banks, mountains in the distance.

This is a rare example of drawing signed and dated by Joos de Momper: in the lower right corner signed and dated, in pen and brown ink "Joes de Momper / 1610".