Live Auction 3050Old Masters, 19th Century and Impressionist Art
Circle of Paul Bril (Antwerp/Breda 1553/4-1626 Rome)
Lot 23

Circle of Paul Bril (Antwerp/Breda 1553/4-1626 Rome)

A mountainous river landscape with travelers crossing a bridge, a town on the mountainside to the right

Closed26 November 2014

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Circle of Paul Bril (Antwerp/Breda 1553/4-1626 Rome)
A mountainous river landscape with travelers crossing a bridge, a town on the mountainside to the right
dated '1603' (lower right)
oil on copper, stamped on the reverse with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp and the maker's mark of Pieter Stas (active in Antwerp c. 1587-1610)
21.7 x 28.2 cm.

Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 5 July 1994, lot 67, as Paul Bril.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, where acquired by the late owner in 1995, as Paul Bril.

Specialist note

This composition is a liberal adaption of Bril's print from 1590, which was part of a series of two prints. The maker's mark of Stass excludes Bril as the artist: he remained to work in Rome for over five decades, from 1582 onwards. The 1603 date appears to be accurate and authentic, as many Bril replicas on copper were produced shortly after 1600.