Paul Bril
(Netherlands 1553-1554–1626)
A wooded landscape with a bridge and sportsmen at the edge of the river
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Year
- 1590s
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 88.3 x 67.5cm stretcher; 111.4 x 90.1cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Sinclair Gillies Deaccessioning Fund and Sam Hughes Memorial Fund 1998
- Accession number
- 250.1998
- Provenance
- Johnny Van Haeften Ltd (England, estab. 1977), 1997-Aug 1998, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Johnny Van Haeften Ltd 1998. Johnny Van Haeften Ltd owned the painting in partnership with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna.
Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna (Austria), 1997-Aug 1998, Vienna/Austria, Purchased by Galerie Sanct Lucas from an Austrian Noble Family 1997.
Private Collection, pre 1997, Austria
Abels Brothers (Germany), 1935, Cologne/Germany, [dealer]
Julius Stern (Germany), 04 Apr 1932, Dusseldorf/Germany, Anonymous sale, no.11
Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus (Germany), 12 Nov 1918, Berlin/Germany, Anonymous sale, no.55 (with pendant).
Otto E Messinger (Italy), circa 1910, Rome/Italy, in the collection of Messinger by 1910, see 'La Collection Messinger' by P d'Achiardi, 1910, plate no. 87
Private Collection, 1748, Italy, unidentified 18th century Italian collection (label verso)
