Focus on this artwork and explain the Provenance of the painting.
The painting was part of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria collection. Leopold was regent of the Netherlands from 1647 to 1656. Thanks to the 1648 Civil War in England and the several art collections that came into the market because of that, he was able to acquire a large number of valuable paintings in that period. He purchased masterpieces of both Early Netherlandish art and contemporary Flemish art from Antwerp and Brussels, as well as the Italian paintings from the collections of Buckingham and Hamilton. The Archduke amassed about 1400 paintings, including the Large Mountain Landscape, which he then bequeathed to his son Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. The painting and the other artwork from Leopold's collection are today housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Early Netherlandish Antwerp Large Mountain Landscape Kunsthistorisches Museum Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Flemish 1648 Civil War in England Vienna Flemish art Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria collection Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria Brussels