page_title: Jan de Momper
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Jan de Momper / Work
context_page_description: Jan de Momper, also known as Giovanni de Momper was a Flemish landscape painter who, after training in Antwerp, had a successful career in Rome where he worked for an elite clientele. The artist was forgotten until his rediscovery in 1959. With his highly expressionist landscapes executed with a very free brush the artist occupies a unique position in the artistic panorama of Baroque Rome.
context_section_description: Jan de Momper's name as a painter was virtually lost until the art historian Roberto Longhi brought together a series of landscapes characterized by a strong personality and a remarkable freedom of brush under the notname "Monsù X".  From an inscription on the back of one of those canvases, owned by the Chigi family, Longhi was able to identify the anonymous master as Jan de Momper.
  Jan de Momper is known for his landscapes depicting coastal and river landscapes populated with contemporary figures and hunting scenes.  The landscapes of Jan de Momper are characterized by their singular extravagance. The works are very personal and executed with a great freedom of the brush and with strong contrasts.  His compositions reveal a preference for the unfinished.  His style demonstrates he was familiar with the landscapes of Rembrandt as will as the late works of Salvator Rosa.  The freedom of his brushwork explains why some of his works have in the past been attributed to Goya or a follower of Goya and Alessandro Magnasco. Some of his views also call to mind Claude Lorrain's landscapes.  The expressionistic talent of Jan de Momper made him a unique case in the artistic panorama of Baroque Rome.
  Three of his landscapes are preserved in the Prado, to which they were transferred from the royal collection.  The works were inventoried as de Momper but without indicating his first name, which had led to an attribution of the works to the more famous Joos de Momper. Another landscape attributed to the artist is the Grape Harvest in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. This work was originally attributed to an anonymous follower of Goya before it was reattributed to Jan de Momper.
caption: Grape harvest
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