Paul Bril

Landscape with Hunters

1619
Oil on canvas
60 × 88 cm (23.6 × 34.6 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

● On view now — Gallery 208

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · verified July 2026

View at artic.eduPlan a visit ↗

Discussion

FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Paul Bril was one of the most prominent and financially successful Northern European landscape painters in Rome between 1590 and 1626. Here he incorporated the classical architecture, rolling hills, and vast expanses of sky found in earlier Italian landscapes into the forest views typical of Flanders in the late 1500s. Such classically inflected landscapes would become popular with collectors of Flemish art across Europe by the mid-17th century.

Source ↗

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Paul Bril

Landscape with a Large TreeLandscape with a Large TreeSkeleton Hanging from a Tree in a LandscapeSkeleton Hanging from a Tree in a LandscapeWooded Landscape with Donkeys and Goats, and Castle on Hill in DistanceWooded Landscape with Donkeys and Goats, and Castle on Hill View of City with Fishing Boat in ForegroundView of City with Fishing Boat in ForegroundTemple of Vesta, TivoliTemple of Vesta, Tivoli

More like this

LandscapeGaspard Dughet — LandscapeLandscape with a Battle between Two RamsJan Miel — Landscape with a Battle between Two RamsOrpheus and the AnimalsPaulus Potter — Orpheus and the AnimalsItalian landscapeHerman van Swanevelt — Italian landscapeA herdsman's hutPaulus Potter — A herdsman's hutArcadian Landscape Mercury and IoJohannes Glauber — Arcadian Landscape Mercury and IoLandscape with HerdsmenGijsbert Gillisz de Hondecoeter — Landscape with HerdsmenItalian Landscape with HuntersFrederik de Moucheron — Italian Landscape with HuntersBosgezichtJacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael — BosgezichtHunter and Horsemen on a Wooded Road, with a Village in a Valley beyondAnton Mirou — Hunter and Horsemen on a Wooded Road, with a VA Woman Mounts her Robber’s Horse: ‘De Gestrafte Rover’Sebastiaen Vrancx — A Woman Mounts her Robber’s Horse:The Fox HuntLudolf de Jongh — The Fox Hunt