Mountainous Landscape with a Bridge and Four Horsemen () is an oil painting on canvas by the Flemish landscapist Joos de Momper. Its date of execution is unknown. The painting is kept in the Louvre in Paris.

Painting

The painting is in de Momper's typical style, and showcases the less realistic and more imaginary landscape art of his circle. Many Flemish landscapists painted in a more imaginary and apparently old-fashioned style to please the commissioners, as those kind of paintings sold for much higher prices.

Mountainous Landscape with a Bridge and Four Horsemen

In the background, there stands a mountain peak virtually melting into the sky. In the foreground, on the bottom right, four horsemen and a dog are running from a bridge down a mountain trail. The leading horseman is blowing his horn.

Mountainous Landscape with a Bridge and Four Horsemen

The painting is part of a series housed at the Louvre, including two other paintings by de Momper. These paintings come from the French royal collection; they were probably part of the collection of Louis XIV, although they are mentioned for the first time in the royal inventories from 1733. The painting was kept in Fontainebleau from 1840 until at least 1929.

Mountainous Landscape with a Bridge and Four Horsemen

References

External links

Painting at the Louvre official website

Painting at the Ministère de la Culture

Painting at the Images d'Art

17th-century paintings

Landscape paintings

Paintings by Joos de Momper

Paintings in the Louvre by Dutch, Flemish and German artists

Louis XIV