Rocky Landscape with Animals

Roelandt (Roelant) Jacobsz. Savery (Flemish, 1576–1639)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions61.6 x 103.8 cm (24 1/4 x 40 7/8 in.)

Credit LineFrancis Welch Fund

Accession number67.769

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ClassificationsPaintings

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Provenance1918, purchased in London by Dr. Arnold Raestad (b. 1878 - d. 1945) and Märta Stjernstedt Raestad (b. 1882 - d. 1969), Oslo; between about 1940 and 1945, exact whereabouts unknown [see note 1]; by 1948, passed by descent to the Raestads' daughter, Tove Raestad Fahlén (b. 1911 - d. 1995) and her husband, Torbjörn Fahlén (b. 1903 - d. 1993), Sweden; 1966, sold by Torbjörn Fahlén to Pieter de Boer (dealer), Amsterdam; 1967, sold by Pieter de Boer to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1967)

NOTES:
[1] The Raestad family fled Norway for London in April 1940. Their home was taken over by the Gestapo, and many valuables were plundered. The exact fate of the Raestad painting during World War II is not known. It may have been confiscated from the Raestads' villa by Nazi forces, it may have been safeguarded by a neighbor, or it may have remained in the house. By 1948, however, the painting was again with the Raestad family in Sweden. This information was graciously provided by Arnold Raestad's grandson, Martin Fahlén (February, 2014).