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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Circle of Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
A battle between a dragon and an elephant, a griffin and a unicorn and a lion and another animal, with a snake, a turtle, a monkey and various birds in an exotic landscape
Details
Circle of Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
A battle between a dragon and an elephant, a griffin and a unicorn and a lion and another animal, with a snake, a turtle, a monkey and various birds in an exotic landscape
oil on copper
5 ¼ x 6 ½ in. (13.3 x 16.5 cm.)
A battle between a dragon and an elephant, a griffin and a unicorn and a lion and another animal, with a snake, a turtle, a monkey and various birds in an exotic landscape
oil on copper
5 ¼ x 6 ½ in. (13.3 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Vienna.
Anonymous sale; Kende, Vienna, 11 April 1921, lot 150, as 'Roeland Savery'.
with P. Rosenthal, Berlin, by 1928.
Anonymous sale; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 16 December 1952, lot 386, as 'Roelant Savery' and signed and dated 1623, where acquired by the uncle of the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Kende, Vienna, 11 April 1921, lot 150, as 'Roeland Savery'.
with P. Rosenthal, Berlin, by 1928.
Anonymous sale; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 16 December 1952, lot 386, as 'Roelant Savery' and signed and dated 1623, where acquired by the uncle of the present owner.
Literature
Y. Thièry, Le Paysage flamand au XVIIe siècle, Paris and New York, 1953, p. 190, as 'Roland Savery' and signed and dated 1623.
K.J. Müllenmeister, Roelant Savery: Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Freren, 1988, p. 394, as signed 'Savery', under 'Vorerst ausgeschiedene Werke'.
K.J. Müllenmeister, Roelant Savery: Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Freren, 1988, p. 394, as signed 'Savery', under 'Vorerst ausgeschiedene Werke'.
Exhibited
Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Roelandt Savery: 1576-1639, 10 April-13 June 1954, no. 49, as Roelandt Savery and signed and dated 'SAVERY, 1623' at lower left.