DOI article:
Tomalak, Mirosław: Two Unknown Paintings by Lodewijk Toeput and Joos de Momper the Younger
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.72800#0136
Mirosław Tomalak
Warszawa
ORCID: 0000-0003-2778-715X
Two Unknown Paintings by Lodewijk Toeput
and Joos de Momper the Younger
https://doi.org/10.2688l/porta.2023.22.07
Słowa kluczowe: Joos de Momper, Lodewijk Toeput, Pozzoserrato, flamandzcy malarze
we Włoszech, niderlandzcy malarze we Włoszech, pory roku, pory roku w malarstwie
niderlandzkim
Keywords: Joos de Momper, Lodewijk Toeput, Pozzoserrato, Flemish painters in Italy,
Netherlandish painters in Italy, seasons, seasons in Netherlandish paintings
The subject of this paper are two hitherto unnoticed and only partially identified
paintings from a Warsaw private collection: a winter landscape and summer
landscape (figs. 1, 2). The two canvases are clearly a pair, and match each other
in size (84 cm x 134 cm), as well as in the compositional scheme. In the extensive
landscape, with a twisting river on the right, various works as well as amuse-
ments performed respectively in the winter and summer months are depicted,
such as slaughtering pigs, threshing and haying, or carnival merrymaking. In the
foreground one can see the mythological figure of Janus and in the other painting
those of two gods of grain and fertility: Ceres and Apollo. In the first paint-
ing Janus, traditionally depicted with two faces, is placed in the middle of
the composition, under a leafless tree covered with frost. In the second one
Ceres, with a garland of wheat ears on her head, is sitting beneath the tree
on the left, with an armful of corn, holding a sickle and cornucopia. She is
turning to Apollo, who is standing next to her with a lyre, pointing up to the
sky. The pictures are obviously representations of the seasons: winter and
summer. The landscape in the second picture is more hilly, while in the Win-
ter it remains flat, and includes a representation of a city's interior. Its view is
framed by ancient ruins.
Both pictures are very diverse, and include various forms of terrain and
architecture, smaller and larger figures, animal staffage... Amusing details,
such as a dog barking at the carnival procession or a cat running away with
a piece of stolen meat, add even more the variety to the composition. The two
pictures are very well painted: it is enough to look at the ears of grain in the
Summer, rendered with virtuosity with very thin brush strokes, to acknowledge
the authors skill and talent.
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Warszawa
ORCID: 0000-0003-2778-715X
Two Unknown Paintings by Lodewijk Toeput
and Joos de Momper the Younger
https://doi.org/10.2688l/porta.2023.22.07
Słowa kluczowe: Joos de Momper, Lodewijk Toeput, Pozzoserrato, flamandzcy malarze
we Włoszech, niderlandzcy malarze we Włoszech, pory roku, pory roku w malarstwie
niderlandzkim
Keywords: Joos de Momper, Lodewijk Toeput, Pozzoserrato, Flemish painters in Italy,
Netherlandish painters in Italy, seasons, seasons in Netherlandish paintings
The subject of this paper are two hitherto unnoticed and only partially identified
paintings from a Warsaw private collection: a winter landscape and summer
landscape (figs. 1, 2). The two canvases are clearly a pair, and match each other
in size (84 cm x 134 cm), as well as in the compositional scheme. In the extensive
landscape, with a twisting river on the right, various works as well as amuse-
ments performed respectively in the winter and summer months are depicted,
such as slaughtering pigs, threshing and haying, or carnival merrymaking. In the
foreground one can see the mythological figure of Janus and in the other painting
those of two gods of grain and fertility: Ceres and Apollo. In the first paint-
ing Janus, traditionally depicted with two faces, is placed in the middle of
the composition, under a leafless tree covered with frost. In the second one
Ceres, with a garland of wheat ears on her head, is sitting beneath the tree
on the left, with an armful of corn, holding a sickle and cornucopia. She is
turning to Apollo, who is standing next to her with a lyre, pointing up to the
sky. The pictures are obviously representations of the seasons: winter and
summer. The landscape in the second picture is more hilly, while in the Win-
ter it remains flat, and includes a representation of a city's interior. Its view is
framed by ancient ruins.
Both pictures are very diverse, and include various forms of terrain and
architecture, smaller and larger figures, animal staffage... Amusing details,
such as a dog barking at the carnival procession or a cat running away with
a piece of stolen meat, add even more the variety to the composition. The two
pictures are very well painted: it is enough to look at the ears of grain in the
Summer, rendered with virtuosity with very thin brush strokes, to acknowledge
the authors skill and talent.
135