Roelant Savery: Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music |
Artist | Roelant Savery (1576–1639) | | 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 | | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q142710 | |
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 |
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 |