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Study of Rocks

Drawing
ca.1606-1608 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Savery, Roelandt (artist)
Place of origin
Tyrol (drawn)

Study of a large mass of rock; Inscribed R. Savery.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleStudy of Rocks (published title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk and grey wash, with touches of red chalk, on grey paper
Black Chalk
Grey Wash
Red Chalk
Grey Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Tinting
Brief description
Drawing 'Study of Rocks', by Roelandt Savery, Flemish School, black chalk and grey wash, ca. 1606-1608
Physical description
Study of a large mass of rock; Inscribed R. Savery.
Dimensions
  • Height: 398 mm
  • Width: 322 mm
Style
Flemish School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 512.
  • Inscribed on washed mount, in pencil: at lower left, by Dyce, R. Savery; at lower right, in another hand, Roelant Savery; and at lower right, in a nineteenth-century hand (with original Dyce inv. no.), 156.
Gallery label
This imposing drawing is probably a study from life, made in the Tyrolean Alps (now Austria). The rocky motif appears in several paintings by Roelant Savery. He moved to the Dutch city of Haarlem when he was a child, but his work was influenced by the art and artists of the Southern Netherlands. They included his older brother, Jacob, and Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subject depicted
Rock
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 540, p.468
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.512

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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