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Landscape with a View of the Sea at Sunset is a pen and ink wash drawing by Flemish painter Joos de Momper. It was painted in 1610, and is currently housed at the British Museum in London.[1] The drawing is valuable in that it is the only drawing signed and dated by de Momper.[2]

Landscape with a View of the Sea at Sunset[1]
Artist	Joos de Momper
Year	ca. 1623
Catalogue	Oo,9.48
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	22.3 cm × 35.4 cm (8.8 in × 13.9 in)
Location	British Museum, London

The drawing shows a view of the sea with the setting Sun. A gulf with sailing boats and mountains are visible in the distance. The painting is bordered by two wooded flanks. To the right, close to the foreground, there sits a cottage facing a country road.[2][3]

The painting was acquired by the British Museum in 1824.[2]

References

Further reading

• H.G. Franz, 'Meister der Spätmanieristischen Landschaftmalerei in den Niederlanden', in Jahrbuch des kunsthistorischen Institutes der Universität Graz 3-4 (1968-1969), p.62, fig.90
• K. Ertz, 'Josse de Momper the Younger', Freren, 1986, pp.94-95, fig.43
• T. Gerszi, 'Joos de Momper als Zeichner: Teil 2', in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 35 (1993), p.186.
• Popham (D & F) 1932 / Dutch and Flemish drawings of the XV and XVI centuries

External links

• The drawing at the British Museum
• The drawing at the Web Gallery of Art

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