Mathijs Bril

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Mathijs Bril (* around 1547/1550 in Antwerp or Breda , † June 8, 1583 in Rome ) was a Flemish landscape painter and draftsman. He was the son of Mathijs Bril d. Ä. and a brother of Paul Bril .

Mathijs Bril went to Rome early, where he was under Gregory XIII. decorated several halls and galleries of the Vatican with images of landscapes and religious processions. Among them was the multi-part "Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzen " in the Loggia Gregoriana of the Vatican Palace - the figures in these frescoes in Brils, which are considered to be particularly important representations of the city of Rome in the late 16th century, were painted by the young Antonio Tempesta .

But he also painted shepherds and free compositions in the style of the old Dutch. His painting “The young Tobias with Sara” and the “Parforce hunt for fallow deer” in the Louvre are in Dresden.

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SURNAME Bril, Mathijs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bril, Matijs; Bril, Mattheus; Bril, Mateo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1547 or around 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp or Breda
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1583
Place of death Rome