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 | | — As Anabaptists, the Savery family with the children Roelandt (or Roelant) Savery and his brothers Hans Savery I [1564->1622] and Jacob Savery I (II?) [1565-1603] was forced by Spanish persecution to leave its native Flanders about 1580. |
 | | The strong Flemish current in Amsterdam about 1600 is apparent in the Village Edge, with its mixture of decorative and realistic, the gracefully swaying trees reminiscent of Hans Bol and the robust peasant figures based on Jacobs studies from life. |
 | | He was born in Courtrai, grew up in Amsterdam, studied under Hans Bol, and in 1619 settled in Utrecht, but he is best known for his association with Prague, where he worked for the emperor Rudolf II from 1603 to 1613. |
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