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Artists›Paul Bril

Paul Bril

Habsburg Netherlands, 1556–1626

WA-00044120

Antwerp

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/40931
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Why this artist matters now

Paul Bril was a Flemish painter and printmaker principally known for his landscapes. He spent most of his active career in Rome. His Italianate landscapes had a major influence on landscape painting in Italy and Northern Europe.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 8d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (7)

Ruïnes van het paleis van Septimus Severus op de Palatijn

1624 · brush on ink, chalk, paper

width: 284 cm, height: 424 cm

Rijksmuseum

Antieke ruïnes

1600 · pen on paper, ink, chalk

width: 216 cm, height: 105 cm

Rijksmuseum

River Landscape with Travelers

1590 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 20.6 × 28.3 cm (8 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Italiaanse boerderij aan een beek

1574 · pen on chalk, ink, paper

width: 270 cm, height: 205 cm

Rijksmuseum

Gezicht op een kust met een donjon of vuurtoren

1564 · pen on paper, ink

height: 192 cm, width: 265 cm

Rijksmuseum

Heroic Landscape

1554 · pen and brown ink

overall (approximate): 27.1 x 19.3 cm (10 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Classical Landscape with a Fountain

1554 · pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over black chalk

Overall: 10.3 x 17.8 cm (4 1/16 x 7 in.) support: 14.4 x 21.7 cm (5 11/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Gezicht op een kust met een donjon of vuurtoren
1564 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Italiaanse boerderij aan een beek
1574 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Antieke ruïnes
1600 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Ruïnes van het paleis van Septimus Severus op de Palatijn
1624 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Italiaanse boerderij aan een beek (1574 - 1626)

Rijksmuseum

Ruïnes van het paleis van Septimus Severus op de Palatijn (1624)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Large Ruined Portico or Corridor (recto); Sketches of a Draped Figure and Architecture (verso) (c. 1600)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Mountain Landscape with a River and City (1590)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mountain Landscape with a River, Travelers, and a City (1590)

Art Institute of Chicago

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