Title
A wooded landscape with a bridge and sportsmen at the edge of the river
circa 1595
Artist
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Details
- Date
- circa 1595
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 88.3 x 67.5 cm stretcher; 111.4 x 90.1 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Sinclair Gillies Deaccessioning Fund and Sam Hughes Memorial Fund 1998
- Location
- Naala Nura, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 250.1998
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Paul Bril
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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P d'Achiardi, La Collection Messinger, Unknown, 1910, pp 172–75, fig 87, illus p 173.
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Connell Nisbet, Look, 'Acquisitive minds', Sydney, Dec 2003-Jan 2004, pp 23–27: col illus p 24.
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Luuk Pijl, Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, 'No 10 – Paul Bril – A wooded landscape with a bridge and sportsmen at the edge of the river', London, 1997, no 10, col illus np.
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Susan Russell, "His great genius was to make landscapes". The roman years of Herman van Swanevelt (c1603–1655). Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. Vol 67, Rome, 2019, p 25, col illus p 25.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 1999, 'Collections: European Art Before 1900', Sydney, 1999, pp 20–21: p 21.
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Provenance
The provenance of this work is under review and records will be updated as new details become available. The Gallery welcomes any information. Contact provenance@ag.nsw.gov.au
Private Collection, 1748, Italy, unidentified 18th century Italian collection (label verso)
Otto E Messinger, circa 1910, Rome/Italy, in the collection of Messinger by 1910, see 'La Collection Messinger' by P d'Achiardi, 1910, plate no. 87
Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 12 Nov 1918, Berlin/Germany, Anonymous sale, no.55 (with pendant).
Galerie Krinzinger, 02 Apr 1932, Düsseldorf/Germany, Anonymous sale. 'Gemälde alter und neuer Meister aus Privatbesitz', lot.no.11 as 'Romantische Landschaft mit Jagdszene'
Abels Brothers, 1935, Cologne/North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany, [dealer]
Private Collection, pre 1997, Austria
Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1997-Aug 1998, Vienna/Austria, Purchased by Galerie Sanct Lucas from an Austrian Noble Family 1997.
Johnny Van Haeften Ltd, 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.