
Paulus Bril (Antwerp 1554-Rome 1626)
A Landscape with Goatherds c.1620
RCIN 403033
Although born in Antwerp, Bril travelled to Italy aged 20 and remained there for the rest of his life. He captured the ambience of the Roman campagna with animals and labourers gathering in the shade. Oil on copper produces a luminous, highly decorative quality.