Paul Bril (1554 – 7 October 1626)

• Was a Flemish painter.
• He was the son of the painter Matthijs Bril the Elder.
• Paul and his older brother Matthijs likely started their artistic training with their father in Antwerp.
• He spent most of his active career in Rome.
• His Italianate landscapes had a major influence on landscape painting in Italy and Northern Europe.
• Among his patrons were Cardinal Federico Borromeo in Milan, Cardinal Carlo de’ Medici in Florence and Duke Ferdinando Gonzaga in Mantua.
• In 1621, Paul Bril became director of the Accademia di San Luca, the artists' academy in Rome.
• He had many students including his son Cyriacus Bril, Luigi Carboni, Balthasar Lauwers, Willem van Nieulandt II, Pieter Spierinckx, Agostino Tassi and Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Paul Bril, Harbour Landscape with Lighthouse by Night, ca. 1601.
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