A Pioneer of the Flemish Landscape: The World of Joos de Momper Joos de Momper the Younger, a name perhaps less instantly recognizable than those of his contemporaries like Bruegel or Rubens, nevertheless occupies a crucial position in the evolution of Flemish landscape painting. Born in Antwerp in 1564 into an artistic family—his grandfather Josse de Momper I (1516–59) was a painter and handlarzem dzieł sztuki, ojciec Bartolomeus de Momper (ok. 1535, zm. po 1597) oprócz malarstwa zajmowa – he inherited not just a lineage but a deep immersion in the visual world. He became a master within th…