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Gnarled Trees near the Water
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Gnarled Trees near the Water

Roelant Savery · 1605 - 1639 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This small print featuring trees with a bridge and hunters in the background is the only etching that can be firmly attributed to Savery. The artist used his own drawing as a model for it. The drawing is squared for transfer – a technique used to copy a composition to a larger scale – indicating that he originally had other plans for it. He ultimately decided to use it for an etching of roughly the same size.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGnarled Trees near the Water. 1605 - 1639. Roelant Savery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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