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Mountain Road with Travelers

Joos de Momper, II (Flemish, 1564-1635)LinkedCulture matchlcp-2dc287255123

Date: c. 1615
Medium: Oil on cradled panel
Culture: Flanders
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 16340

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The landscape specialist Josse de Momper the Younger painted dramatic panoramas that framed the wildness of nature against grand vistas. On the right, adventurous travelers pause along a road winding through the hilly landscape, which would have been understood by contemporary viewers as a visual metaphor for the journey of life. Similar compositions can be found in earlier Northern landscapes, but De Momper populated his scenes with more figures, especially peasants, than his predecessors—a reflection, perhaps, of the increased popularity of paintings that depicted everyday life.

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