Landscape with a Mountain Pass

Landscape with a Mountain Pass is a large oil-on-canvas painting by Flemish painter Joos de Momper.

It has been suggested that de Momper's landscape painting was influenced by his alleged travels to Italy, where he reportedly drew sketches of the Alps.

The huge mountains and cliffs, the "unexpected vistas into endless space" and "the picturesque play of light and atmosphere" were his main concerns.

Momper worked upon his memories with his imagination, and adjusted the product thereof to the style set by Brueghel and Patinir.

[1] While de Momper's works are almost never signed nor dated, they can be ordered into groups according to the style assumed by the Flemish in a given period.