Larger Image
Core Record |
||
| Title | Landscape with Satyrs | |
| Collection | Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford | |
| Artist | Attributed to Bril, Paul (Flemish landscapist and fresco painter, 1554-1626, active in Rome) | |
| Date Earliest | probably 1620 | |
| Date Latest | probably 1625 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Paul Bril was born in Antwerp but moved to Rome around 1574 to benefit from the rich commissions in this city. Here, Bril developed a successful career painting landscape frescoes and canvases for Roman churches and palaces. In his later paintings, he developed a more classical tone evident here in this picture of satyrs dancing in an idyllic landscape. His work was avidly collected. He also sent drawings back to Antwerp to be engraved. This composition was later copied by another Flemish artist, Martin Ryckaert, suggesting it may have been reproduced in this way. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1967-008 | |
| Former Accession Number | 8-67 | |
| Inscription | front ll 'PA, BRIILI.IN.ROMA.16' | |
| Subject | landscape; mythology (Satyrs, Pan and Syrinx) | |
| Measurements | 96.5 x 140 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Purchased from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co Ltd 1967. | |
| Provenance | Northwick Park Collection (?); Lady North before 1967; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co Ltd, 1967. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Masterpieces, Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, July 1977, cat. no. 7, as Landscape with Satyrs by Paul Brill. | |
| Publications | Boon, G. K., The Netherlandish and German Drawings of the XVth and XVIth Centuries of the Frits Lugt Collection, Paris, 1992, i, pp. 50-51, as attributed to Paul Bril or copy of a lost painting by Paul Bril. | |
| Notes | Reverse stretcher ul '833J', presumably the Christie's stencil on the reverse referred to in the card catalogue. According to correspondence from Colnaghi, 1967, this is because the painting must have been sent for valuation when in the collection of Lady North. Reverse frame 'P. 4725' in chalk, presumably the original inventory number on the frame referred to in the card catalogue. According to correspondence from Colnaghi, 1967, this may relate to the Northwick Park Collection. Lady North's address was Glemham Hotel, Wickham Market, Suffolk. Other versions: Herner Wengraf Ltd Old Master Galleries, Quarterly Catalogue of Acquisitions, winter 1971, no. 6, as Pan and Syrinx in a Landscape, by Paul Bril, 56.5 x 88.3 cms, early 1620s; Sotheby's Monaco, 6 December 1987, lot 42, as Danse de Faunes dans un Paysage by Martin Ryckaert, 28.5 cms x 40.5 cms. A related drawing in the Lugt collection was probably made in the third quarter of the seventeenth century, perhaps in France, datable by the watermark. |
|
| Rights Owner | Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage (Cartwright Hall) | |
| Author | Dr Phillippa Plock | |