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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).

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).

Artist:
Roelant Savery (1576/78 Kortrijk - 1639 Utrecht) DNB

Time:
1629

Object Name
Painting

Culture
Netherlandish

Material/technology:
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

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie

Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1082

Provenance
Made for Prince Gundaker of Liechtenstein (?); 1773 in the treasury; 1781 documented in the gallery;

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