Oil on canvas, 43.5cm by 67cm.
An entry in the 1763 Burghley Inventory may relate to this painting: ‘The Japan Closet….a Landscape by Paul Brill.’
Paul Bril was born in Antwerp, but spent most of his working life in Rome.
His Italianate landscapes were influential in the development of landscape painting in Italy and Northern Europe and he was highly regarded by his fellow artists in Rome.
