A wooded landscape with cattle, goats, a stag, ducks, a parrot and other birds, a herdsman and his dog beyond

Details

Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
A wooded landscape with cattle, goats, a stag, ducks, a parrot and other birds, a herdsman and his dog beyond
signed and dated 'ROELA.. / SAVE[RY] / 162.' (lower right)
oil on panel
12¼ x 15 5/8 in. (31.2 x 39.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Galerie Thalacker, Zurich, circa 1936,
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 April 1967, lot 44 (£800).
with Silviano Lodi, Munich, 1973.
with Scheidwimmer, Munich, 1980, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

K.J. Müllenmeister, Roelant Savery, Freren, 1988, pp. 248-9, no. 111, illustrated.

Exhibited

Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Roelant Savery in seiner Zeit (1576-1639), 28 September 1985-16 February 1986, no. 31.

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Lot Essay

This picture was executed during Savery's period in Utrecht, where he moved in 1619. While the landscape is very typical of the artist, Müllenmeister (op. cit.) has observed that the animals are possibly painted by his nephew Hans Savery the Younger (1589–1654) who was working in his studio in Utrecht, and whose painting technique is more stippled than that of his uncle.

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