River Landscape with Boar Hunt — Joos de Momper

Joos de Momper. Painted c. 1590 - c. 1635.

Joos de Momper (1564 - 1635). River landscape with wild boar hunt, c. 1600. In this work the artist has created an impressive landscape. As was common at the time, the artist has added human figures: several men who are in the process of subduing a wild boar. The landscapes dating from this period were usually imaginary, although the artist always included a number of elements which actually existed. By around 1600 this type of landscape had evolved into a separate genre. De Momper even had someone else - Sebastiaan Vrancx - painting the figures. Joos de Momper composed his painting according to a fixed colourscheme: the foreground in brown, with the middleground in green fading into blue and becoming steadily lighter, creating the effect of depth. This illusion of depth is enhanced by the fact that various parts of the composition function as 'wings', almost as if the landscape is a stage. Purchased in 1958, with the support of the Jubileum-Fonds.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

oil paint (paint), panel · Original size: 196.5 × 121 cm · Purchased with the support of the Stichting Jubileumfonds Rijksmuseum

Print: 119 × 73.3 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20025746. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.