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- Reference number
- P01443
- Author
- Brueghel “the Elder”, Jan (Flemish); Momper, Joos de II (Flemish)
- Title
- Flemish Market and Washing Place
- Chronology
- Ca. 1620
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 166 cm x 194 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
This excellent example of the
collaboration between Brueghel and
Momper depicts simple rural life in
Flanders, joining the genre of
landscape painting with that of
everyday life. The groups of
figures were made by Brueghel,
while Momper painted the landscape,
with his characteristh violet
tonalities in the background.
Here, Momper abandons his broad
panoramas in favor of a more
realistic perspective closer to the
work of Dutch landscape painters
and much more in keeping with the
true nature of the Low Countries.
Brueghel based his group of
villagers on very well-known models
from scenes of country life by his
father, Pieter Brueghel “the Elder”
(Ca. 1525/30 - 1569). The
collaboration of the two painters
perfectly captures the bustling
city market, in contrast with the
placid —even visually— laundry at
the right of the composition. The
open countryside in the background
adds to this painting's profound
sensation of tranquility.
This work is documented in the
Royal Collection since at least
1700, when it hung in the Zarzuela
Palace.
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