Roelant Savery
1576-1639
The Ruins of Rossum Castle, Seen from the Southeast
ca. 1625
10 3/16 x 15 5/16 inches (259 x 389 mm)
Graphite and watercolor with traces of white opaque watercolor.
2017.232
Thaw Collection.
Notes
Watermark: post-horn in escutcheon over 4/WR (probably Gerhard Piccard, "Wasserzeichen Horn", Stuttgart, 1979, no. IX, 234, documented in 's Gravenhage 1615).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed, at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "R. Savary". The sheet has been folded three times, dividing it into eight sections. One of those bears, on the reverse, the inscription, in pen and ink, "Teyckeninge van / Mester Adam Willers"; another, in pen and ink, two rows of illegible writing, the second possibly "toerenkamer". In one corner in red chalk, "Roeland Savry".
Associated names
Popham, A. E. (Arthur Ewart), 1889-1970, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 350, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 12.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 12.
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