Philippe de Momper

Philippe de Momper (1598–1634) was a Flemish landscape painter and son of the prominent landscape painter Joos de Momper. His work was virtually unknown until a group of paintings, mainly depicting Treviso and Rome, which had formerly been attributed to his father were re-assigned to him.

Philippe de Momper was born in Antwerp as the son of the prominent landscape painter Joos de Momper. The de Momper family was a prominent family of landscape painters and printmakers, originally from Bruges, which had settled in Antwerp in the 16th century. Philippe de Momper was one of ten children. His brother Gaspard may also have worked as an artist, but little is known about his life.

Philippe de Momper trained with his father Joos. Before joining the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke he travelled to Italy in the company of his good friend Jan Brueghel the Younger, a scion of the famous family and the son of Jan Brueghel the Elder. Philippe created in Rome a number of paintings depicting scenes of Rome and its surroundings. Jan de Momper is believed to have joined the Bentvueghels, an organization of mainly Flemish and Dutch painters active in Rome. He was in Rome in the period 1622-1624.

Philippe de Momper was recorded back in Antwerp when he joined the local Guild of Saint Luke as a 'wijnmeester', i.e. the son of a member, on November 1624.

Philippe de Momper died in Antwerp in 1634.

Philippe de Momper was a painter and draughtsman of landscapes. He also contributed the staffage in compositions of fellow painters.

As Philippe de Momper had worked in his father's studio he was thoroughly familiar with his father's style. A number of his pictures have therefore been attributed to his father. However, he was still able to develop an independent style, incorporating his own ideas and contemporary fashions. Philippe also showed a preference for certain motifs which show his personal signature.

As no signed works by the artist are known it has been difficult to define his oeuvre. Certain works that were originally attributed to his father Joos have tentatively been ascribed to Philippe

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