. One of the most famous and often-copied paintings of a Dodo specimen, as painted by Roelant Savery in the late 1620s. The image came into the possession of the ornithologist George Edwards, who later gave it to the British Museum, hence the name. The bird swallowing a frog in the lower right may be the likewise extinct Red Rail. It has also been suggested that the two parrots are the extinct Lesser Antillean Macaw (left) and Martinique Macaw (right). . late 1620s. Roelant Savery (1576–1639) Alternative names Roelant Saverij, Roeland Savery, Roeland Maertensz. Savery, Roelandt Savery,
. One of the most famous and often-copied paintings of a Dodo specimen, as painted by Roelant Savery in the late 1620s. The image came into the possession of the ornithologist George Edwards, who later gave it to the British Museum, hence the name. The bird swallowing a frog in the lower right may be the likewise extinct Red Rail. It has also been suggested that the two parrots are the extinct Lesser Antillean Macaw (left) and Martinique Macaw (right). . late 1620s. Roelant Savery (1576–1639) Alternative names Roelant Saverij, Roeland Savery, Roeland Maertensz. Savery, Roelandt Savery, Roelandt Savry Description Flemish painter, draughtsman, printmaker and court painter Date of birth/death 1576 25 February 1639 (buried) Location of birth/death Kortrijk Utrecht Work period from 1587 until 1639 Work location Haarlem (1587), Amsterdam (1591), Prague (1603-1613), Vienna, Tirol (1606-1608), Amsterdam (1614-1618), Utrecht (1618-1639) Authority control : Q142710 VIAF:?5728201 ISNI:?0000 0001 2095 5099 ULAN:?500121039 LCCN:?n85288037 NLA:?36557709 WorldCat Edwards' Dodo
Size: 2496px × 2003px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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