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Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
Lot 129

Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)

Orpheus charming the animals

Closed8 December 2010

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Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576-1639 Utrecht)
Orpheus charming the animals
signed '·ROELANDT· SAVERY· FT' (lower right, on a rock)
oil on panel
21 7/8 x 39½ in. (55.6 x 100.3 cm.)

Dr. Meurer, Wiesbaden; (+) Lepke, Berlin, 26 February 1918, lot 29.
with Silvano Lodi, Munich, 1965.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 42, when acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This painting has been dated stylistically to the 1620s. Both Mai and Müllenmeister (op. cit.) have observed that the animals to the left are probably painted by Hans Savery the Younger.