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Lot no. 1025
Jacob Savery d. Ä. Orpheus bezaubert Bäume und Tiere mit seinem Leierspiel Öl auf Holz. 45 x 74 cm. Provenienz Europäische Privatsammlung.- 987. Lempertz-Auktion, Köln, 19.11.2011, Lot 1222. - Dort vom jetzigen Eigentümer erworben. Von Isabelle de Jaegere, Konservatorin des Broelmuseums in Kortrijk, als Werk des Jacob I. Savery bestätigt. Jacob I. Savery wurde um 1566 als zweiter Sohn des Maarten Savery in Kortrijk geboren. Von 1580 bis 1584 erfuhr er seine Ausbildung im Atelier von Hans Bol in Antwerpen; danach ließ er sich in Haarlem nieder, wo er 1587 Mitglied der Sint-Lucasgilde wurde. Ab 1589 ist Jacob in Amsterdam nachweisbar, wo er 1603 an der Pest gestorben ist. In Amsterdam ging auch sein jüngerer Bruder Roelant Savery bei Jacob in die Lehre. Roelant Savery zeigte sich durch das Werk seines älteren Bruders zeitlebens beeinflusst und hat beispielsweise bestimmte Tierdarstellungen, die von Jacob entwickelt wurden, in zahlreichen seiner Werke unverändert übernommen (vgl. dazu Olga Kotková: Roelandt Savery aan het keizerlijke hof in Prag. In: Ausst.-Kat. „Roelandt Savery 1576-1639", Prag und Kortrijk 2010/2011, S. 39-50, hier S. 46). Das vorliegende Gemälde ist ein hervorragendes Beispiel für die phantasievolle Wiedergabe unterschiedlichster Tierarten in einer weiten Landschaft durch den älteren Savery. Zu vergleichen ist das Gemälde mit einem weiteren Werk des Künstlers zum selben Thema in einer Kortrijker Privatsammlung (Abb. in Ausst.-Kat. „Roelandt Savery 1576-1639", op. cit., S. 47). Die Darstellung des musizierenden Orpheus unter Tieren und Bäumen war bereits in der Antike ein beliebtes Thema (vgl. Ovid, Met. X, 86-105; XI,1-2). In der flämischen Malerei des späten 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts erlebte dieses Motiv eine erneute Blütezeit, bot es doch den Künstlern die willkommene Gelegenheit, mit der virtuosen Darstellung exotischer Tiere zu brillieren. Jacob Savery the Elder Orpheus Charming the Animals and Trees with his Song Oil on panel. 45 x 74 cm. Provenance Continental private collection. - Lempertz auction 987, Cologne, 19.11.2011, lot 1222. - Purchased in this sale by the present owner. Isabelle de Jaegere, curator at the Broelmuseums in Kortrijk, has confirmed this to be an original work of Jacob I. Savery. Jacob I. Savery was born in Kortrijk in 1566 as the second son of Maarten Savery. He trained as a painter in the studio of Hans Bol in Antwerp from 1580 to 1584 and later settled in Haarlem, where he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1587. He is also recorded in Amsterdam as of 1589, where he died of plaque in 1603. His younger brother Roelant later also went to Amsterdam to train under Jacob the Elder. The works of his older brother appear to have influenced Roelant Savery throughout his career, and we find many animal motifs developed by Jacob reiterated unchanged in his brother's œuvre (for this phenomenon, see Olga Kotková's publication: Roelandt Savery aan het keizerlijke hof in Prag. In: Exhib. Cat.: “Roelandt Savery 1576-1639“, Prague and Kortrijk 2010/2011, p. 39-50, here p. 46). The present work is an impressive example of Jacob Savery the Elder's fanciful depictions of animals in landscapes. The piece is comparable to another work by this artist depicting the same theme kept in a private collection in Kortrijk (illus. in exhib. cat.: “Roelandt Savery 1576-1639”, op. cit., p. 47). Orpheus making music amid trees and animals was already a popular motif in Classical Antiquity (cf. Ovid, Met. X, 86-105; XI,1-2), and it experienced a revival in Flemish painting during the late 16th and 17th centuries. It provided artists with a welcome opportunity to exhibit their skill in depicting exotic animals.
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