Abstract
The Flemish painter from Kortrijk, Roelandt Savery, followed the example of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Rudolf II. he was so impressed that the emperor invited him to work in Prague.
He developed fantasy landscapes with animals and birds, inspired by the imperial menagerie and scientific collections. He charmingly depicted nooks in Prague and hunts in the woods, as well as birds such as the cassowary or the dodo.
Recent research on Flemish landscape painters has led to the discovery of remarkable relationships between Savery, Pieter Bruegel and his family, and other generations of Flemish painters. The lecture is realized for the cultural public within the third role of the university in the original author's cycle Artist and Man.