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Paul Bril

Also known as: Paul Bril; primary name: Bril, Paul; other name: Brill, Paulus; other name: Brillo, Paolo
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Flemish; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1553/4 c.-1626
Biography: Painter, draughtsman and etcher. Younger brother of the painter Matthijs (q.v.). Born in Breda or Antwerp around 1553 or 1554; trained in Antwerp; left in 1574 and travelled to Breda and Lyon. No Flemish work known. To Rome, working with his brother from around 1582 where specialist in landscape and active in St Luke Guild. Remained there the rest of his life, and had major influence on Italian landscape painting. Married to Ottavia Sbarra.
Bibliography: L W Ruby, 'PB the drawings', Turnhout 1999 (cat. of 109 drawings) Carla Hendriks, 'Northern landscapes on Roman walls, the frescoes of M & PB', Centro Di 2003

85 related objects

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.36 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Claude LorrainAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1635-1682

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.41 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Attributed to:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1569-1626

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.790 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Drawn by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1608

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.233 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Paul BrilFormerly attributed to:Antonio Tempesta |
Production date: 1585-1589

drawing

Museum number: 1983,1001.2 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Drawn by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1620

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1373 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Matthijs BrilAfter:Girolamo Muziano |
Production date: 1575-1583

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.65 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Attributed to:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1569-1626

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1029 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Drawn by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1609

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.161 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilFormerly attributed to:Joos de Momper |
Production date: 1600-1650

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.61 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 After:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1569-1626

drawing

Museum number: 1853,0813.42 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Formerly attributed to:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1569-1626

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.10 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Matthijs Bril |
Production date: 1594

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.62 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giulio ParigiFormerly attributed to:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1612

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.80 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pieter Stevens IIFormerly attributed to:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1585-1624

drawing

Museum number: Gg,2.226 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jan WildensFormerly attributed to:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1604-1616

drawing

Museum number: Gg,2.224 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Drawn by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1598

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.63 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pieter Stevens IIAfter:Matthijs Bril |
Production date: 1569-1626

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.949 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Paul BrilFormerly attributed to:Gerrit van Battem |
Production date: 1569-1626

drawing

Museum number: Gg,2.225 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Willem Adriaensz. van Nieulandt IIFormerly attributed to:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1603

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1922,0501.1.144 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Title: September October The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print

Museum number: D,7.108 |
Producer name: After:Raphael Sadeler IAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1601-1652

print

Title: Landscapes in Octogons |
Museum number: D,7.170 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Print made by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1575-1626

print

Title: Les nymphs et les satyres Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.496 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Victor Pillement |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Title: Cabinet Poullain Collection de cent-vingt estampes gravées d'après |
Museum number: 1853,1008.392 |
Producer name: Print made by:J F BorgnetAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Martius Aprilis The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.2664 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1590-1620

print

Title: The Story of Jonah |
Museum number: D,7.173 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPublished by:Broer Jansz |
Production date: 1600-1625

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1860,0728.662 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Title: Paysage Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.869 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:De Villiers |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: La chasse aux canards Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.495 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Jacques Couché |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Landscape & Figures Pan & Syrinx Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.433 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:J H Wright |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1859,0611.206 |
Producer name: Print made by:J L L C ZentnerAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Europa Houghton Gallery |
Museum number: Kk,4.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BrownePrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Africa Houghton Gallery |
Museum number: Kk,4.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BrowneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Paulus Brillius Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae In |
Museum number: 1869,0612.384 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrik Hondius IPublished by:Hendrik Hondius I |
Production date: 1610

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1922,0501.1.193 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1860,0728.663 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1860,0728.665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.2663 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1590-1620

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:François DequevauvillerPrint made by:Jacques Couché |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Paysage Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.809 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Edme Bovinet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1922,0501.1.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Title: Paysage Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1853,1008.231 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Marie Alexandre Duparc |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: The Story of Jonah |
Museum number: D,7.172 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPublished by:Broer Jansz |
Production date: 1600-1625

print

Title: Views of the Coast of Campania |
Museum number: 1953,1107.2 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Print made by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1590 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Views of the Coast of Campania |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.4824 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul BrilPublished by:Giovanni Orlandi |
Production date: 1590 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Views of the Coast of Campania |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.4825 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul BrilPublished by:Nicolas van Aelst |
Production date: 1590 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard Lens IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1684-1725 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: P. Bril Portraits of Painters |
Museum number: 1859,0611.252.6 |
Producer name: BIOG51969 Print made by:J L L C Zentner |
Production date: 1790-1800

print

Title: Januarius Februarius The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print; album; book of prints

Museum number: 1972,U.118.1-285 |
Producer name: Print made by:Matthäus Merian IEngraved by:Peter Aubry I |
Production date: 1620-25 |
Production place: Published in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

print

Title: Les chèvres Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.493 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:François Dequevauviller |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: 1971,0515.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Sadeler IAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1580-1600 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: September October The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1860,0728.664 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Title: Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l'eau forte d'ap Cabinet Jabach |
Museum number: 1922,0501.1.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean PesneAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1666-1695

print

Title: Repos en Egypte Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.494 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Jacques Couché |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Repos de la Vierge |
Museum number: 1848,1125.438 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Philippe Le BasPrint made by:Carl Guillaume Weisbrod |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Italian Landscapes |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2089 |
Producer name: Print made by:Willem Adriaensz. van Nieulandt IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1602-1605

print

Title: Julius Augustus The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print

Title: Repos de la Vierge Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allem |
Museum number: 1851,0326.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Philippe Le BasPrint made by:Carl Guillaume Weisbrod |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Maius Iunius The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print

Title: Un paysage et des pêcheurs Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.484 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Christian Duttenhofer |
Production date: 1803-1809

print

Title: Theatrum Artis Pictoriae |
Museum number: 1850,1021.151 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton Joseph PrennerAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1728

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1568 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul BrilPublished by:Giovanni Orlandi |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Das Landhaus Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1480 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Johann Friedrich Rosmäsler |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Museum number: Q,5.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.4827 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul BrilPublished by:Giovanni Orlandi |
Production date: 1590-1600

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.359 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Pan et Syrinx Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.483 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Jean Desaulx |
Production date: 1803-1809

print; book-illustration

Title: Paul Bril |
Museum number: 1910,1005.32 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1745-1752 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Cabinet Poullain Collection de cent-vingt estampes gravées d'après |
Museum number: 1853,1008.393 |
Producer name: Print made by:J F BorgnetAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1780

print

Museum number: 1864,1114.420 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Paysage Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.797 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Edme Bovinet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Museum number: 1953,1107.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1599-1632

print

Title: Julius Augustus The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print

Title: Theatrum Artis Pictoriae |
Museum number: 1850,1021.109 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton Joseph PrennerAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1728

print

Title: November December The twelve months |
Museum number: F,1.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1615

print

Title: Chasse aux canards Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1853,1008.232 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPrint made by:Marie Alexandre Duparc |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: Views of the Coast of Campania |
Museum number: 1937,1028.2 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Print made by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1590 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Views of the Coast of Campania |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.4823 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Print made by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1590 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Views of the Coast of Campania |
Museum number: 1874,0808.1570 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul BrilPublished by:Giovanni Orlandi |
Production date: 1590 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Views of the Coast of Campania |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.4826 |
Producer name: BIOG20875 Print made by:Paul Bril |
Production date: 1590 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1971,0515.25 |
Producer name: After:Paul BrilPublished by:Sadeler |
Production date: 1590

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