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Mountain landscape - Inn Valley in the Tyrol

Maker

(artist)
1576-1639

Title

Date of Production

1607

Medium

black chalk, some mixed with oil, and red chalk with stumping, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 29.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.955

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

While in the service of Emperor Rudolf II, Savery travelled extensively in the mountains of central Europe, drawing landscapes from nature. The view depicted here has been identified as the Inn valley in the Tyrol. Although Savery represented a real locale, his drawing is closely tied to the tradition of the ‘world landscape’, with its varied topography and multiple viewpoints. The skilful handling of red and black chalk creates an ethereal atmosphere and contributes to the illusion of infinite space.

Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), before November 1927 [when he lent it to Berlin exhibition] (£3.7); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Panorama, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/09/2015-10/01/2016

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, 1965

Roelandt Savery 1576-1639, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ghent, 10/04/1954-13/06/1954

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28 ...Less

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 18
Illus. p. 61

Spicer-Durham, Joaneath, The drawings of Roelandt Savery, PhD thesis, Yale University 1979
no. C 35 F 35 on p. 432
dated to 1606 or 1607

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 36 ...More

G.L. Conran, Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
cat. no. 377

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink, artist's hand: "van swat naer roethold tessyen in tyrol"; centre, graphite: "cr" or "a"; lower right, brown ink: "S" or "8"; lower left edge, graphite: "everding".

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