![The Paradise by Roelant Savery (detail). The painting was given by the City of Utrecht to Princess Amalie von Solms as a wedding gift on 21 December 1626.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/savery-titelbild-300x225.jpg)
A teeming painting between art and science
Children love pictures teeming with animals, even in the 21st century. Roelant Savery was an expert in painting wildlife, and he used his skills to impress the Habsburg emperor over 400 years ago as well as inspiring many of his contemporaries, including Swiss artists.
![Portrait of Roelant Savery, 1662.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/portrait-of-roelant-savery-215x300.jpg)
At the emperor’s court
![Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II was a great supporter of Savery’s art.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/rudolf-ii-231x300.jpg)
Savery and the animals
![There is so much to discover in Savery’s wildlife paintings. This is Landscape with Birds of 1628.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/landschaft-mit-voegeln-300x219.jpg)
![A dodo, detail from Savery’s painting The Paradise.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/dodo-2-300x227.jpg)
![](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/scheibenriss-erlangen-1-256x300.jpg)
Peace in paradise — a pipe dream?
![The Paradise by Roelant Savery: where people and animals live in harmony.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/savery-paradies-gemaldegalerie-300x175.jpg)