BRIL, Paul
(b. 1554, Antwerpen, d. 1626, Roma)

Fantastic Landscape

1598
Oil on copper, 21,3 x 29,2 cm
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

This small painting on copper depicts a landscape with ruins, a gypsy woman and a blacksmith. It was a highly successful composition, which was reproduced with innumerable variations during the years that followed.