Mountainous Landscape with Castles and Waterfalls

c. 1606

Roelandt Savery

Associated Names
Roelandt Savery

Artist, Dutch, 1576 - 1639

The image depicts a rugged landscape with towering rock formations and a cascading waterfall. The scene is detailed with precise lines and subtle color washes in earthy tones. Small structures are visible in the distance among the rocky terrain, with sparse vegetation in the background.

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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 Number

    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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