Riviervallei met reizigers

This river valley with travellers from 1612 is a characteristic example of Joos de Momper's river landscape type, which formed a significant part of his extensive output. The panoramic river view became one of the most popular landscape formats in early seventeenth-century Flemish painting. De Momper's prolific output — one of the most productive landscape painters in early seventeenth-century Antwerp — was sustained through a well-organized workshop. His oil technique uses a distinctive warm...

The broad river valley creates a sense of spacious depth, with the travellers providing scale and narrative interest against the atmospheric backdrop of distant hills.