Roelant Savery
Roelant Savery (* 1576 or 1578 in Kortrijk ; † before February 25, 1639 in Utrecht ) was a Flemish painter and etcher .
Life
Roelant Savery was a student of his brother Jakob and of Hans Bol from Amsterdam . In addition, he continued his education following the example of Jan Brueghel the Elder . Among other things, he traveled with Emperor Rudolf II and stayed in the Alps for two years. In 1619 he was accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Utrecht , where he died in 1639.
He was in the service of Emperors Rudolf II (1552–1612) and Mathias (1557–1619) in Prague . He painted numerous landscapes richly portrayed with people and animals. Pictures of him are in the galleries in Prague (Paradies, 1618), Vienna, Berlin (Orpheus and the Animals), Wiesbaden , The Hague, Utrecht, Petersburg, Dresden and Munich.
Articles about the dodo often mention his painting from 1626, which shows this now extinct bird.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Schnelle: About the legendary Dodo, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 49, February 28/1. March 2015, p. 63.
literature
- Erasmus Kurt: Roelant Savery. His life and works . Dissertation, University of Halle 1908.
- Kurt J. Müllenmeister: Roelant Savery. Kortrijk 1576 - 1639 Utrecht. Court painter Rudolf II in Prague; the paintings with a critical oeuvre catalog . Luca-Verlag, Freren 1988, ISBN 3-923641-10-9 .
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Savry, Roelandt . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 454 f.
Web links
- Getty Museum
- Works by Roelant Savery at Zeno.org .
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SURNAME | Savery, Roelant |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish painter and etcher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1576 or 1578 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kortrijk |
DATE OF DEATH | before February 25, 1639 |
Place of death | Utrecht |