Rocky Landscape with Mastiffs attacking Stags, and Hinds fleeing Hunters
Roelandt Savery (Courtrai 1576 – Utrecht 1639)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1600
Materials
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Measurements
1029 x 1372 mm (40 1/2 x 54 in)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814194
Summary
Oil painting on canvas: Rocky Landscape with Mastiffs attacking Stags and Hinds fleeing Hunters by Roelandt Savery (Courtrai 1576 – Utrecht 1639), circa 1600. A hunting scene in rocky wooded landscape, a herd of deer fleeing from hunting dogs, mounted huntsmen in background. Above parrots, crane and eagle amongst birds taken flight by commotion. Detailed flora and insects in foreground.
Provenance
Darby collection; Francis Darby (1783 - 1850)
Credit line
Dudmaston, The Labouchere Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
208 crossed out. Feb 22/56.188 (in chalk)
Makers and roles
Roelandt Savery (Courtrai 1576 – Utrecht 1639), artist