Mountainous Landscape with Castles and Waterfalls

c. 1606

Roelandt Savery

Artist, Dutch, 1576 - 1639

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black, ocher, red, and blue chalks, with traces of white heightening on gray-green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 49.4 cm (14 x 19 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.42.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich Quiring [born 1886], Eberswalde, Germany; Herbert List; Hans M. Calmann [1899-1982], London; purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 1 January 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Zeichnungen alter Meister aus Deutschem Privatbesitz, Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1965, no. 120.

1973

  • Woodner Collection II: Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII Century, William H. Schab Gallery, New York and tour, 1973-74, no. 80.

1976

  • Old Master Drawings from American Collections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1976, no. 215.

1982

  • Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680: A Selection from North American Collections, The Art Museum, Princeton University and tour, 1982-83, no. 61.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 49.

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 83.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 70.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 70.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 86.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 64.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2016

  • Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings, NGA, 2016.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1979

  • Spicer-Durham, Joaneath Ann. "The Drawings of Roelandt Savery." Ph.D. dissertation. Yale University, New Haven, 1979: 64ff, no. 18.

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas DaCosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985): 101.

1987

  • Melikian, Souren. "A Master Collector, Ian Woodner: An Eye for the Future." Art & Auction. (November 1987): 86.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 64.

Watermarks

unidentified initials in circle

Wikidata ID

Q64629420

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