River Landscape with Wagons on a Road near a Village
1586–1631
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 9/16 in. (23.5 x 37 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 2005
Accession Number
2005.418.14
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
River Landscape with Wagons on a Road near a Village is a drawings by Netherlandish artist Joos de Momper the Younger, created in 1586–1631. The work was created using pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of black chalk. It measures sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 9/16 in. (23.5 x 37 cm). This work exemplifies the artistic achievements of its period and cultural context. The creation of such objects required specialized knowledge and skills passed down through generations of artisans and artists. It provides...
About the Artist
Joos de Momper the Younger · 1564–1635
**Joos de Momper the Younger (c. 1564 – 5 February 1635)** was a Flemish landscape painter active in Antwerp during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Born into an artistic family in Antwerp, he was named after his grandfather, a landscape painter and art dealer from Bruges. His father, Bartholomeus de Momper the Elder, was a painter, art dealer, printer, and publisher who provide...