Matthijs Bril or Matthijs Bril the Younger[1] (1550 – 8 June 1583) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman of landscapes. He spent most of his active career in Rome where his drawings of ancient Roman sites played an important role in the development of topographical landscape art.[2] He was also a painter of capricci (architectural fantasies), with typical rustic hills with a few ruins.[3] He died young and his younger brother Paul Bril, who had joined him in Rome, finished his commissions.[4]
- ^ Many name variations are known including: Mathijs Bril (II), Mattheus Bril, Mattheus Bril (II), Matthijs Bril (II), Matthys Bril, Matthys Bril (II), Matthijs Brill, Matthijs Brilli, Mateo Brilli, Mateo Brillo, Matthijs Prüll
- ^ Nicola Courtright. "Matthijs Bril." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 16 September 2016
- ^ Matthijs Bril Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine on Hadrianus
- ^ Jan en Kasper van Balen in: Frans Jozef van den Branden, Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche Schilderschool, Antwerp: J.-E. Buschmann, 1883, p. 184–190 (in Dutch)