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 434 Painting brothers Bril of Antwerp, Matthys Bril (1550 — ab. 1580), and the more celebrated Pauwel Bril (1556 — 1626). The latter was one of the first to obtain harmony of light in landscape/ and he greatly influenced for good the future masters, Rubens and Claude Lorrain. His Tower of Babel, in the Berlin Museum, is considered one of his best works. As early landscape. painters, we must also name Jan Fig. 150. — River Scene. By Jan Brueghel. Brueghel (ab. 1589 — ab. 1642), who painted landscape backgrounds in paintings by Rubens and other celebrated masters. He was son of the elder and brother of the younger Brueghel already mentioned. (e) Tlte Dutch School of the late Sixteenth Century. Towards the close of the sixteenth century, numerous Dutch historical painters arose, who paved the way for a