The poet crowned by two apes at the feast of the animals, Roelant Savery (workshop of), 1623

Identification

Title(s)

The poet crowned by two apes at the feast of the animals

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-366

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, bottom right: ‘.ROELAND. / SAVERY [..]16[..]’

Description

De dichter (Orpheus?) op het feest der dieren gekroond met een lauwerkrans door twee apen. Hieromheen een grote menigte van dieren. Rechtsvoor maakt een groep beesten een ronde dans, links speelt een beer op de doedelzak en andere beesten op fluiten. Verder: hert, paard, luipaard, steenbok, leeuw, hond, hert, everzwijn, vos, kat, muis, rat, kikker, os, kameel, kasuaris, struisvogel, vleermuis, konijn, uil, sprinkhaan, reiger, adelaar, valk, paradijsvogel, slang, armadillo, papegaai en andere dieren.

Creation

Artist

painter: Roelant Savery (workshop of)

Dating

1623

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 56.5 cm × width 82 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1875

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; from L. Hamming, fl. 350, as Roelant Savery, dated 1616, to the museum, 1875;{RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 39, pp. 185-86 (12 October 1875); RANH, ARM, IS, inv. 32, no. 275 (28 October 1875, no. 633); RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 39, p. 189; RANH, ARM, IS, inv. 32, no. 277 (4 November 1875); RANH, ARM, IS, inv. 32, no. 281 (13 November 1875).} on loan to the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, since 1999

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 351
De verborgen wereld : Nederland en India vanaf 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 179, afb. 3.8
The unseen world : the Netherlands and India from 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 179, ill. 3.8

Persistent URL

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