PAUL BRIL (1554-1626)

AN EXPANSIVE VIEW NEAR THE PALATINE, ROME
Inscribed l.l. brueghel, bears inscription l.r. B Breenbergh
Pen & ink with brown & blue wash
17.5 x 25.5 cm
 
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, France (until 2023)
 
 
 
 
 
We are grateful to Professor Louisa Wood Ruby for confirming the attribution of this work and assisting with its cataloguing following a first-hand examination. 
 
 
The perspective of this view corresponds closely to a lost drawing by Gerard ter Borch I, a copy of which (by his son Harmen) is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-T-00-46).