Details
Landscape with St Francis kneeling and praying before a crucifix
Reference:
Hollstein.3
Print made by: Paul Bril
Published by: Giovanni Orlandi (active from 1590 on)
Date: 1590-1600
Etching
Lettered in lower left: "Paulo Bril inuen. et fec." and at right "Ioan. Orlando forma".
This is a print is made by Paul Bril himself and not by other artists like the Sadeler who engraved his landscapes.
This is a state with the adress of Joan Orlando as the publisher. There might have been a first state before this address as is the case on some of his other prints.
On fools head watermarked paper.
Hollstein describes the figure as an unspecified hermit. The wound on the foot of the monk suggests St Francis with stigmata
This is een etdhing made by Paul Bril himself. The prints by his own hand are extremely rare.
He made only between 11 and 16 prints and most of them are only known by title.
Additional Information
SKU | xxd256 |
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Picture Size | 27,80 x 21,50 cm |
Specification | |
technic | Etching |
Artist | Paulus Bril |
period | 16th Century |
School | Flemish |
subject | Landscape |
rating | ***** |
Paulus Bril (1554-1626)
Flemish School Painter of landscapes, engraver and miniaturist.
Born in Antwerp but active in Rome most of his life together with his brother Mattheus who died at a young age of 24. Paulus gained even more respect then his brother and was a close friend of Carraci who even painted the personages in some of his paintings.
Paulus Bril made "school" in Rome and trough his pupil Tassi he was the indirect master of Claude Lorrain. Bril worked for all the popes of the time. The greatest merit of Bril is that he was one of the first artists really involved in the painting of mainly landscapes. He added some Italian sweetness to the strong Flemish landscape style.
He was seduced by the Ialian light and in this way he prepared the landscapes of Claude Lorrain
Inventor
Paulus Bril (1554-1626)
Flemish School Painter of landscapes, engraver and miniaturist. Born in Antwerp but active in Rome most of his life together with his brother Mattheus who died at a young age of 24. Paulus gained even more respect then his brother and was a close friend of Carraci who even painted the personages in some of his paintings. Paulus Bril made "school" in Rome and trough his pupil Tassi he was the indirect master of Claude Lorrain. Bril worked for all the popes of the time. The greatest merit of Bril is that he was one of the first artists really involved in the painting of mainly landscapes. He added some Italian sweetness to the strong Flemish landscape style. He was seduced by the Ialian light and in this way he prepared the landscapes of Claude Lorrain
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