Frans de Momper

He remained active in Antwerp until he moved to work in the Dutch Republic after the death of his wife Catherina Beucker in 1646.

[10] He had entered into a contract drawn up by notary H. Trilsma, pursuant to which he agreed to send for sale to Hamburg in 1662 some paintings which the servant of the fair undertook to sell.

Frans applied the brushstrokes in an even manner, not altering the character of his brushwork irrespective of whether he was rendering people, buildings or trees.

[16] During his stay in the Dutch Republic Frans de Momper was influenced by the landscapes of Jan van Goyen.

Jan van Goyen's works are characterized by a monochrome palette and horizontally arranged flat landscape scenery.

[2] A large number of de Momper's paintings depict winter landscapes in which he built on the examples set by Paul Bril and Jan Brueghel the Elder in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.