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

The Campo Vaccino with a Gypsy Woman Reading a Palm

1603
Oil on copper, 24,5 x 32,5 cm
Private collection

Bril can be considered the inventor of this type of landscape painting, in which Roman ruins, depicted in great detail but often grouped together in a completely fanciful manner, are used as background for scenes from everyday life.

The painting is signed with Bril's 'monogram', a pair of eyeglasses (a play on the word 'bril', which is Dutch for spectacles).




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