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Details
Roelant Savery (1576-1639)
Orpheus charming the Animals
signed lower right R. Savery, oil on panel
30 x 41.2 cm
Orpheus charming the Animals
signed lower right R. Savery, oil on panel
30 x 41.2 cm
Provenance
Lord Radnor
Captain F.R. Barton; Sale, Christie's 17 April 1931, lot 52 (17 gns. to Begant)
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1934
Th Niemeyer, Laren (N.H.)
Captain F.R. Barton; Sale, Christie's 17 April 1931, lot 52 (17 gns. to Begant)
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1934
Th Niemeyer, Laren (N.H.)
Literature
K.J. Müllenmeister, Roelant Savery, 1988, p. 130 and pp. 295/96, no. 209, with ill.
The present lot is dated by Müllenmeister (loc.cit.) to 1618, whereas Dr Sam Segal (verbal information) proposes a slightly later date, in the 1620's. Müllenmeister is mistaken in suggesting that the present lot is a version of that offered at Christie's in 1931, as Christie's stencil on the reverse proves they are identical
The present lot is dated by Müllenmeister (loc.cit.) to 1618, whereas Dr Sam Segal (verbal information) proposes a slightly later date, in the 1620's. Müllenmeister is mistaken in suggesting that the present lot is a version of that offered at Christie's in 1931, as Christie's stencil on the reverse proves they are identical
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Gallery P. de Boer, Tentoonstelling van de jongere Brueghels, 19 Feb.-5 April 1934, no. 168
Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Roelant Savery, 10 April-13 June 1954, no. 88
Laren (N.H.), Singer Museum, Kunstbezit rondom Laren, 3 July-31 August 1958, no. 132
Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Roelant Savery, 10 April-13 June 1954, no. 88
Laren (N.H.), Singer Museum, Kunstbezit rondom Laren, 3 July-31 August 1958, no. 132