Roelant Savery

Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music



Roelant Savery - Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music



Roelant Savery
Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music
1627
131.5 x 62 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated lower centre: ROELANDT / SAVERY FE / 1627
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Literature

Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 88-89


Provenance

Stadholder Frederik Hendrik, The Hague, 1632
Oranienstein Palace, Diez, 1775
by inheritance to Prince William V, The Hague, until 1795
confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815
Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816
transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822

External links

RKD 6124
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 157

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