Paul Bril
A river landscape with a fort
Estimate:
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Property from the Schuybroek Collection
A river landscape with a fort
A river landscape with a fort
Estimate:
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot sold:
119,700
GBP
Property from the Schuybroek Collection
Paul Bril
Antwerp circa 1554 - 1626 Rome
A river landscape with a fort
signed on the inn sign centre left, with a pair of spectacles (bril in Dutch)
oil on copper
unframed: 19 x 28.5 cm.; 7¾x 11¼in.
framed: 27.5 x 36.5 cm.; 10⅞ x 14⅜ in.
The copper plate is flat and stable. The paint surface is slightly dirty with a discoloured varnish. There are small discoloured retouching visible scattered throughout, notably in the sky and particularly the upper left corner. There is minor frame abrasion along all four margins including a handful of tiny losses. Inspection under ultraviolet light confirms all this. The painting is in overall good condition.
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A presumably larger version on canvas, with differences limited to the figures, is in the collection of the Fondazione Banca di Roma.1 Cappelletti dates it to the second decade of the 17th century.
1 F. Cappelletti, Paul Bril, Rome 2005, p. 278, cat. no. 111, reproduced (no measurements are given).