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Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
Lot 125

Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)

A mill with a fortified bridge, a rowing boat in the foreground

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 11,875

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Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
A mill with a fortified bridge, a rowing boat in the foreground
with inscription 'R.S.'
pen and brown ink, pen and brown ink framing lines
7¾ x 7¾ in. (19.8 x 19.8 cm.)

Specialist note

The present drawing is particularly close in subject and style to the Round tower and a bridge in the Fondation Custodia, Paris (inv. 484B; K.G. Boon, The Netherlandish and German Drawings of the XVth and XVIth Centuries of the Frits Lugt Collection, Paris, 1992, no. 178, pl. 259). The same features reappear in both drawings, particularly the handling of the shading and the design of the windows. These early drawings show Roelandt's elder brother Jacob's influence.