Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Paul Bril
A wooded landscape with a satyr observing a bathing nymph
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Paul Bril
Antwerp circa 1554–1626 Rome
A wooded landscape with a satyr observing a bathing nymph
oil on copper
unframed: 41.8 x 50.8 cm.; 16½ x 20 in.
framed: 57.1 x 66.7 cm.; 22½ x 26¼ in.
Executed on a large copper panel, this luminous landscape is a fine example of the minutely observed landscapes painted by Paul Bril during his time in Rome. The figural group, executed by a different hand in the style of Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino, replicates a fresco by Raphael in the Stufetta del cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican, Rome.1 A comparable example of this subject by Giuseppe Cesari was sold at Sotheby's, Milan, 14 June 2011 for €120,750.2
2 Oil on panel; 36 x 48 cm.; Milan, Sotheby's, 14 June 2011, lot 19; https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/old-master-paintings-19th-century-paint-mi0314/lot.19.html
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