Joos de Momper had long and fruitful relationships with both Jan Breughel I and Jan Breughel II throughout his career, contributing landscapes to paintings for which they added the staffage. Prior to his sudden death in 1625, Jan Brueghel I had executed some eighty paintings with de Momper, more than he had with all his other collaborators combined. At twenty-four years old, Jan Breughel II took over his father's thriving studio and continued to work with de Momper, painting in a style heavily influenced by his father. Collaboration to such a great extent was unique to Flemish art of this period, and proved a lucrative model for many artists. In fact, as discussed by Elizabeth Honig in her 1998 st...