LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on copper

Measurements:

5.24 in. (13.30 cm.) (height) by 6.50 in. (16.50 cm.) (width)

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.

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'.

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.