Circle Of Frans De Momper (1607 - 1660), A Winter View Of The City Of Breda

Circle of Frans de Momper
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1607 – 1660 Antwerp
A winter view of Breda
Oil on canvas : 63,3 X 78,2 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 78,0 X 93,2 cm

Frans de Momper was a versatile Flemish land- and townscape painter.
He was a nephew of Joos de Momper II.
Until 1650 he had also been active for some five years in Holland, in The Hague, Haarlem and Amsterdam. He spent the rest of his career in Flanders, in his birthplace Antwerp.

De Momper painted a few views of Breda, which was an important border town between Flanders, that belonged to the Spanish crown, and Holland, that fought for its independance from the Spaniards.
Our painting stands close to a work in the Statens Museum for Kunst of Copenhagen.

All my paintings stand amply documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/categories/landscapes/momper-circle-of-frans-de/a-winter-view-of-breda-4106486