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Materials:

oil on panel

Size Notes:

panel: 12 3/8 by 15 5/8 in.; 31.4 by 39.7 cm.

Edition:

Renowned landscape and animal painter Roelandt Savery earned the attention of Emperor Rudolf II and worked for his court in Prague between 1603-1613, where he studied Rudolf's menagerie and hunting grounds. The Emperor also sent Savery on an expedition to Tyrol in 1606-07, where the artist studied mountains and waterfalls that inspired later paintings, including the present. Despite the naturalistic details inspired by Savery's observations of real birds and landscape elements, this composition is almost certainly imagined. The active, Mannerist composition and inclusion of exotic flora and fauna appealed to Savery's courtly patrons in Prague as well as to his Dutch contemporaries.

Description:

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Markings:

Property from the Estate of Paul Kasmin

Condition:

framed: 17 1/4 by 20 1/4 in.; 43.8 by 51.4 cm.