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Paul Bril (Netherlands, b.1553-1554, d.1626)
A wooded landscape with a bridge and sportsmen at the edge of the river


1590s
Painting
oil on canvas
88.3 x 67.5cm stretcher; 111.4 x 90.1cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Sinclair Gillies Deaccessioning Fund and Sam Hughes Memorial Fund 1998
250.1998
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, European Art 15th-18th Century Galleries, Court 13


Provenance
Johnny Van Haeften Ltd (England, estab. 1977), 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.
Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna (Austria), 1997-Aug 1998, Vienna/Austria, Purchased by Galerie Sanct Lucas from an Austrian Noble Family 1997.
Private Collection, pre 1997, Austria
Abels Brothers (Germany), 1935, Cologne/Germany, [dealer]
Julius Stern (Germany), 04 Apr 1932, Dusseldorf/Germany, Anonymous sale, no.11
Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus (Germany), 12 Nov 1918, Berlin/Germany, Anonymous sale, no.55 (with pendant).
Otto E Messinger (Italy), circa 1910, Rome/Italy, in the collection of Messinger by 1910, see 'La Collection Messinger' by P d'Achiardi, 1910, plate no. 87
Private Collection, 1748, Italy, unidentified 18th century Italian collection (label verso)


Bibliography
Periodical; Look; Jill Sykes (Australia); Dec 2003-Jan 2004, 24 (colour illus.), 'Acquisitive minds' by Connell Nisbet, pg. 23-27
Annual report; Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 1999; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1999, 21, 'Collections: European Art Before 1900' pg. 20-21
Book; Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings; Johnny Van Haeften Ltd (England, estab. 1977); 1997, (colour illus.), Essay by Luuk Pijl, cat.no. 10, no pagination
Collector's catalogue; La Collection Messinger; P d'Achiardi; 1910, 172-5 (illus.), plate no. 87


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