The Property of a Family
Herman Saftleven
An italianate rocky landscape with a horseman and a child on a path, a herdsman with his flock beyond
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December 8, 02:56 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Family
Herman Saftleven
Rotterdam 1609 - 1685 Utrecht
An italianate rocky landscape with a horseman and a child on a path, a herdsman with his flock beyond
signed with monogram and dated lower left: HS / 1649
oil on oak panel
unframed: 42.2 x 67.8 cm.; 16⅝ x 26¾ in.
framed: 57 x 83 cm.; 22½ x 32⅝ in.
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Replica Shoes 's, 12 November 1991, lot 97;
Where acquired by the father of the present owner.
Wolfgang Schulz was unaware of this signed and dated work when he published his catalogue raisonné on Herman Saftleven in 1982.1 He lists three other works of diverse subjects dated 1649, the same year as this painting.
1 W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven 1609–1685, Berlin and New York 1982.
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