Mountain Landscape with Castle

Mountain Landscape with Castle is an oil-on-panel painting by Flemish painter Joos de Momper.

[1][2] The painting depicts the exotic, imaginary landscape typical of de Mompers' oeuvre and his circle.

Several people are traveling up and down a winding path dug into a cliff, on top of which there sits a castle.

In his early work, de Momper often collaborated with Jan Brueghel the Elder, who generally painted staffage figures for him.

[1] The painting became property of Arthur Seyss-Inquart, an Austrian Nazi leader responsible of crimes against the Dutchmen and humanity.