A Mountainous Road Scene with the Story of Saint Peter and Cornelius
Joos de Momper the younger (Antwerp 1564 - Antwerp 1635) and Jan Brueghel the elder (Brussels 1568 - Antwerp 1625)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1590
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
1215 x 1710 mm
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108907
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Mountainous Road Scene with the Story of Saint Peter and Cornelius, by Joos de Momper the younger (Antwerp 1564 - Antwerp 1635) and Jan Brueghel the elder (Brussels 1568 - Antwerp 1625). Although always said to represent the story of Naaman (II Kings 5), this in fact shows the episode in Acts 10: 24-26, when Cornelius the centurion went out from Caesarea with his household to meet Saint Peter, as he had been commanded in a vision by an angel.
Provenance
On loan from members of the Curzon family, then acquired by Private Treaty in 1995 with help from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: plate - punched and painted - bottom rhs of frame - black text - MOMPER [and] FRANS FRANKEN Verso: Christie=s stencil on back of top panel: 751 FI [or FE or FH? fragmentary] Verso: Labels: of 1953/4 Royal Academy Winter Exhibition; Verso: 1986 and 1997 National Gallery exhibitions
Makers and roles
Joos de Momper the younger (Antwerp 1564 - Antwerp 1635) and Jan Brueghel the elder (Brussels 1568 - Antwerp 1625), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581 - Antwerp 1642) , artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (Brussels 1568 - Antwerp 1625), artist Joos de Momper the younger (Antwerp 1564 - Antwerp 1635) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Paul Bril (Antwerp 1554 - Rome 1626), artist
References
Ertz 1986 Klaus Ertz, Josse de Momper de Jungere (1564-1635), Freren, 1986, p.508 with fig. on p.509, cat.156 [=not seen]
