Life in the Countryside

Life in the Countryside (Spanish: La vida en el campo) is an oil on canvas painting by Flemish artists Jan Brueghel the Elder and Joos de Momper. It was painted between 1620 and 1622.[3] The painting is kept in the Museum of Prado in Madrid.[2][1][3]

Life in the Countryside
ArtistJoos de Momper; Jan Brueghel the Elder
Yearca. 1620
CatalogueP001440
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions166 cm × 168 cm (65.3 in × 66.1 in)
LocationMuseum of Prado[1][2], Madrid

Painting

This painting is today considered a collaboration between Jan Brueghel the Elder and Joos de Momper.[3] The latter would have painted the landscape, the former the figures, as is customary in paintings considered collaborations of the two.[3]

The large trees in midsection split the composition in two, and are "the vertical counterpoint to the horizontal perspective that is projected in the distance." The painting show the influence of Brueghel the Elder on his own son and de Momper in many ways. Notably, the scenic choice and the representation of figures.[3]

References
  1. Archivo español de arte, Volume 48. Madrid: Instituto Diego Velázquez. 1998. p. 271.
  2. Manuela Mena (1998). Guía del Prado. Silex. p. 156 (1573). ISBN 9788485041497.
  3. "Life in the countryside". Museum of Prado. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

Further reading
  • Rooms, Xavier de , Prado Museum. Catalog of paintings , Prado Museum , Madrid , 1972 .
  • Díaz Padrón, Matías , Two canvases by J. Momper attributed to Brueghel , Archivo Español de Arte , 48 , 1975 , pp. 270 / plate 7 .
  • Díaz Padrón, Matías , Prado Museum: catalog of paintings. Flamenco School , Prado Museum; National Museum Heritage , Madrid , 1975 , pp. 198 .
  • Díaz Padrón, Matías , The Flamenco School of the XVII Century , Ediciones Alfiz , Madrid , 1983 , pp. 67 .
  • Museo Nacional del Prado , Museo del Prado. Catalog of paintings , Prado Museum , Madrid , 1985 , pp. 430-431 .
  • Museo Nacional del Prado , Museo del Prado: general inventory of paintings (I) The Royal Collection , Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe , Madrid , 1990 , pp. 1423 .
  • Díaz Padrón, Matías , The century of Rubens in the Prado Museum: reasoned catalog , Iberian Press , Barcelona , 1996 , pp. 252 .
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