Dictionary of painters and engravers . that he was afterwards a disciple of Paul Brill;but this cannot be reconciled with chronology, asthat artist had left Flanders for Italy, where hepassed the remainder of his life, before Savery wasof an age to profit by his instruction. The resem-blance of his style to that of Brill is not more ap-parent than to that of Brueghel, and other Flemishlandscape painters of the time. Savery visitedFrance in the reign of Henry IV., by whom he wasemployed in the royal palaces. Soon after hisreturn to the Low Countries, he was invited to thecourt of Prague, by Rud
Dictionary of painters and engravers . that he was afterwards a disciple of Paul Brill;but this cannot be reconciled with chronology, asthat artist had left Flanders for Italy, where hepassed the remainder of his life, before Savery wasof an age to profit by his instruction. The resem-blance of his style to that of Brill is not more ap-parent than to that of Brueghel, and other Flemishlandscape painters of the time. Savery visitedFrance in the reign of Henry IV., by whom he wasemployed in the royal palaces. Soon after hisreturn to the Low Countries, he was invited to thecourt of Prague, by Rudolph II., in whose servicehe passed a great part of his life. By the directionof the Emperor he travelled through the Tyrol,where the scenery was entirely to his taste. Thestudies he made there were of great use in his laterworks. After the death of the Emperor, he settledat Utrecht, and died there in 1639. Works : Amsterdam. B. Museum. Orpheus. „ „ Landscape with Hunt. Dresden. Gallery. Hunting a Boar. CxIOVANNI GIROLAMO SAVOLDO. Hanfstangl photo] [Berlin Gallery THE VENETIAN
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