Philips de Momper (I)

Philips de Momper the Elder, Philips de Momper (I) or Philippe de Momper (I) (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 reassigned to him. The artist is often confused with his cousin Philips de Momper the Younger (or Philips de Momper (II)) (c. 1610–1675). Life

Philips de Momper the Elder was born in Antwerp as the son of the eminent landscape painter Joos de Momper. Philips de Momper was one of ten children. His brother Gaspard may also have worked as an artist, but little is known about his life.

Philips de Momper the Elder 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 Brueghel family and the son of Jan Brueghel the Elder. Philips created in Rome a number of paintings depicting scenes of Rome and its surroundings.

Philips 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, in November 1624.