Landscape with Birds
1629, Artist: Roelant Savery
Landscape with Birds
To the right in the foreground a dronte (dodo) can be seen, a type of bird which was discovered in 1497 on Mauritius by Vasco da Gama. Unable to fly, the dodo was found only on Mauritius and was extinct by 1681. Individual live examples were brought to Europe; Emperor Rudolph II kept a stuffed specimen in Prague. Savery illustrated this bird several times, once in the form of a drawing that was based on real life (Sacramento, Crocker Art Gallery), and a lifesized depiction in a portrait (London, British Museum). The counterpart to “Paradise” (Inv.No. GG 1003).
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Dated
1629
Artist
Roelant Savery (1576/78 Kortrijk - 1639 Utrecht) - GND
Material
copper
Dimensions
42 cm × 58,5 cm
Framed (gallery frame): 57 cm × 73 cm × 5,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed bottom centre: ROELANDT.SAVERY.FE.1628
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 1082
Provenance
Made for Prince Gundaker of Liechtenstein (?); 1773 in the treasury; 1781 documented in the gallery;
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