Roelant Saverij worked in Prague as court painter for Kaiser Rudolph II. The ten or so paintings in which he depicted one or more horses all date from after his return. The dapple-grey, too, was painted in this period. The fairytale atmosphere is amplified by the presence of the billy-goat and monkey. A variety of birds and a dragonfly fill the air. Roelant Saverij is thought to have introduced animal pieces to northern Netherlandish painting.
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Roelant Saverij worked in Prague as court painter for Kaiser Rudolph II. The ten or so paintings in which he depicted one or more horses all date from after his return. The dapple-grey, too, was painted in this period. The fairytale atmosphere is amplified by the presence of the billy-goat and monkey. A variety of birds and a dragonfly fill the air. Roelant Saverij is thought to have introduced animal pieces to northern Netherlandish painting.
Tot de restauratie van 1954, waarbij het restant van de signatuur tevoorschijn kwam, werd het schilderij beschouwd als een 18de-eeuwse kopie naar Roelant Savery.
In Catalogue of Important Old Master Paintings, Sotheby, 08-12-1976, nr. 61: Roelandt Savery, A white horse, signed: ROELANT/SAVERY, paneel, 19.5 x 22.5, from the property of James W. Bentall, Esq. Paard in spiegelbeeld.
voor opschrift: [zie tent.cat Keulen/Utrecht 1985-1986, Roelant Savery in seiner Zeit, cat. nr. 53]
Documentation
De Catalogus der schilderijen [1952], (Utrecht, 1952), cat. nr. 250
De Utrechtse Parade 1495-1995 : van Van Scorel tot Rietveld en Koch, red. Renger de Bruin, Jos de Meyere, Suzanne de Sitter. teksten Hanneke Adriaans, Marja Bosma, Renger de Bruin, Roman Koot, Jos de Meyere, Ida van Zijl, (Utrecht, 1994), afb. in kleur p. 122
Het beste en het boeiendste uit de Hollandse schilderkunst van de Gouden Eeuw, Paul Schnabel, (Zwolle, 2021), p. 211