Lot Essay
This painting has been dated stylistically to the 1620s. Both Mai and Müllenmeister (op. cit.) have observed that the animals to the left are probably painted by Hans Savery the Younger.
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Orpheus charming the animals
Details
Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
Orpheus charming the animals
signed '·ROELANDT· SAVERY· FT' (lower right, on a rock)
oil on panel
21 7/8 x 39½ in. (55.6 x 100.3 cm.)
Orpheus charming the animals
signed '·ROELANDT· SAVERY· FT' (lower right, on a rock)
oil on panel
21 7/8 x 39½ in. (55.6 x 100.3 cm.)
Provenance
Dr. Meurer, Wiesbaden; (+) Lepke, Berlin, 26 February 1918, lot 29.
with Silvano Lodi, Munich, 1965.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 42, when acquired by the present owner.
with Silvano Lodi, Munich, 1965.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 42, when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
E. Mai, Roelant Savery in seiner Zeit, exhibition catalogue, Cologne, 1985, p. 148, no. 62 (illus.).
K.J. Müllenmeister, Roelant Savery: Die Gemälde, Freren, 1988, p. 296 and 303-4, no. 212.
K.J. Müllenmeister, Roelant Savery: Die Gemälde, Freren, 1988, p. 296 and 303-4, no. 212.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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