Lot 723
MANNER OF PAUL BRIL (c.1553-1626) FANTASTIC LANDSCAPE WITH A CHURCH BY A WATERFALL, A SPORTSMAN WITH A HOUND AND A PILGRIM GROUP Oil on canvas 107 x 142.5cm. Provenance: John James Millington (1828-1891) by about 1870 and thence by descent. In July 1890, Millington had hoped to sell this picture privately from his home in Aldgate, London. A small leaflet for this `Very Valuable Old Oil Painting` noted that it had been in Millington's possession for `about 20 years`. He asserted that it was `painted by Paul Bril, the figures on the left inserted by his friend, Annibale Carracci`. One of the leaflets, and a copy of Millington's death certificate, accompany the lot.
