Roelandt Savery
Street with Houses in Prague
About this artwork
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artist:Roelandt Savery (1576 - 1639) Dutch
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title:Street with Houses in Prague
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen, black ink and coloured washes (somewhat faded) on paper; two figures on the left in black chalk
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measurements:14.80 x 20.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 1309
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Roelandt Savery
Roelandt Savery
Roelandt Savery painted landscapes, flower pictures and animal pieces. His landscapes in particular, known through the many prints made after them, had a significant influence on the development of the genre in the Netherlands. Roelandt's family, which was Mennonite, left Spanish-dominated Flanders...