Roelant Savery: Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music
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Artist |
Roelant Savery
(1576–1639) |
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Alternative names |
Roelant Saverij, Roeland Savery, Roeland Maertensz. Savery, Roelandt Savery, Roelandt Savry |
Description |
Flemish painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter |
Date of birth/death |
1576 |
25 February 1639 (buried) |
Location of birth/death |
Kortrijk |
Utrecht |
Work period |
from 1587 until 1639 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1587-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1639-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q142710 |
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Title |
Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music label QS:Lde,"Orpheus verzaubert die Tiere mit seiner Musik"
label QS:Len,"Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music"
label QS:Lnl,"Orpheus betovert de dieren met zijn muziek" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
mythological painting |
Date |
1627 date QS:P571,+1627-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 62 cm (24.4 in); width: 131.5 cm (51.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,62U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,131.5U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q2805178 |
Accession number |
157 |
Place of creation |
Utrecht |
Object history |
by 1632 date QS:P,+1632-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1632-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647) and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675), Stadhouderlijk Kwartier, The Hague, ‘Op de galderije van Mevrou de princesse’, as ‘Een Orpheus van diversche beesten ende bosschagien door Savory’
by 1654-1668: Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Het Oude Hof, today Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, as ‘Een schilderije sijnde een Orpheus met allerley gedierte ende gevogelte, mede gemaeckt bij Roelant Savery’
1676: inherited by Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637-1708) from Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, The Hague
Unknown dateUnknown date : inherited by Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726) from Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau
by 1726date QS:P,+1726-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1726-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Schloss Oranienstein, Diez, 'In der groszen gallerij’, as ‘Orpheus die thiere zusahmen spielende, ein extra von Saverey’
Unknown dateUnknown date : inherited by William V, Prince of Orange (1748-1806), The Hague
1775: transferred to the Gallery Prince Willem V, The Hague, from Schloss Oranienstein, Diez
1795: nationalized (?)
Unknown dateUnknown date : transferred to the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Inventory number 157
Unknown dateUnknown date : transferred to the Gallery Prince Willem V, The Hague
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Exhibition history |
Roelandt Savery, 1576-1639, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, 10 April 1954–13 June 1954, cat. no. 36.
Nederlandse landschappen uit de zeventiende eeuw, July 1963–August 1963, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, Cat.no. 114.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom center:
ROELANDT / SAVERY FE / 1627
Text verso:
Ein stick von Serwie.N.18
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References |
Anonymous (1822) Notitie der schilderijen van het Koninklijk Kabinet te 's Gravenhage, 's Gravenhage: A.H. Bakhuyzen, p. 19, cat. no. 163, as Orpheus, de Dieren tot zich lokkende.
Anonymous and Victor de Stuers (1875) Beknopte beschrijving van de kunstvoorwerpen tentoongesteld in het Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen te 's Gravenhage, 's Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, p. 20, cat. no. 126, as Orpheus.
Anonymous and W. Martin (1875) Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen, Mauritshuis. Beknopte catalogus der schilderijen en beeldhouwwerken, 's-Gravenhage: Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, p. 65, cat. no. 157, as Orpheus betovert de dieren door zijn spel, 1617.
Mauritshuis online catalogue, as Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music.
RKDimages, Art-work number 6124, as Orpheus enchanting the animals with his music
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20360884, as Orpheus verzaubert die Tiere mit seiner Musik
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Source/Photographer |
www.mauritshuis.nl : Home : Info : Pic |