While there are always well-observed details in Savery's landscapes, the assemblage of elements is still more imaginary than real. This appears to be a moonlit night-scene, yet there is a great deal of human activity going on. Travellers rest in the lower right, fishermen are on the water, and a monk approaches the tower, where he is welcomed by what may be an inn-keeper.
SADELER, Aegidius (1570–1629)
Landscape with a round Tower and a Mill, from a set of four after Rolant Savery, possibly depicting the Tyrol
- Medium
- Etching and engraving
- Catalogue reference
- Hollstein 240; Freedberg, Dutch Landscape Prints (1980), plate 3
- Provenance
- Unidentified letters RR (Lugt 3725)
- Condition
- A fine, warm impression with thread margins most of the way round. Several unobtrusive printing creases, otherwise in very good condition.
- Size
- 232 × 282mm
- Additional notes
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While there are always well-observed details in Savery's landscapes, the assemblage of elements is still more imaginary than real. This appears to be a moonlit night-scene, yet there is a great deal of human activity going on. Travellers rest in the lower right, fishermen are on the water, and a monk approaches the tower, where he is welcomed by what may be an inn-keeper.
- Price
- $950 USD