- Museum number
- A178
- Object
- Oil painting: Adam naming the Animals, circle of Roelandt Savery, oil on copper, c. 1610.
- Description
- Valley landscape with large tree in centre and water beyond. Many different animals and birds graze in the foreground and bound around, including horses and unicorns. Peacocks sit in tree to the left of the painting.
- Materials
- Oil
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Painting
- Subject
- Landscape - animals
- Dimensions
- framed: 20.4cm (h) x 26.5cm (w)
regular: 12.2cm (h) x 18.5cm (w)
Adam naming the Animals and Landscape with Animals entering the Ark
Circle of Roelandt Savery (1576–1639)
Oil on copper, c. 1610
These two tiny paintings were made in Antwerp, probably to decorate a piece of furniture. Both scenes from the book of Genesis are dominated by the Tree of Life. The great tree shelters and nourishes a menagerie of joyful birds and beasts, both exotic and familiar.
A191 & A178
Landscape with Adam naming the Animals Circle of Roelandt Savery (1576-1639) Oil on copper, 12.2 x 18.5 cm This small picture on copper uses a Biblical subject to depict a landscape peopled with beasts both exotic and familiar. Set in the Garden of Eden, God the Father (in a red cloak) grants Adam dominion over the animals as they jump and skip around the Tree of Life. Among the animals are lions and leopards, a pair of rabbits and, on the left, a unicorn. A178
Landscape with Adam naming the Animals Circle of Roelandt Savery (1576-1639) Oil on copper, 12.2 x 18.5 cm This small picture on copper uses a Biblical subject to depict a landscape peopled with beasts both exotic and familiar. Set in the Garden of Eden, God the Father (in a red cloak) grants Adam dominion over the animals as they jump and skip around the Tree of Life. Among the animals are lions and leopards, a pair of rabbits and, on the left, a unicorn. A178
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