Landscape with a Large Tree

Paul Bril Netherlandish

1611

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The Netherlandish painter Paul Bril, whose significant activity took place while he was active in Rome between about 1582 and 1626, was a key figure for landscape painting. He influenced numerous northern artists who traveled to Rome after him. This lively and freely drawn image of a tree is a classic Bril theme. It was randered in layers of gray and black wash but Bril's black chalk underdrawing is also visible in parts, for instance as along the outlines of the tree trunk. This energetically twisting tree harkens back to drawings of single trees by Pieter Bruegel the Elder like the one in the collection of the Royal Library Albert I in Brussels (inv. S.II 113 145; Mielke 19)). Bril could have known drawings by Bruegel because Bril is thought to have worked with Jan Brueghel, the artist's son, who brought with him to Rome some of his father's drawings.

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Title: Landscape with a Large Tree
Artist: Paul Bril (Netherlandish, Breda (?) 1553/54–1626 Rome)
Date: 1611
Medium: Brush and black wash over black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (26.9 × 21 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2021
Object Number: 2021.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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