Lot Essay
Another version of this composition, in the Museum voor Oude Kunst, Brussels, is illustrated by W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven 1609-1685: Leben und Werke, Berlin, 1982, no. 745.
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An extensive rocky river landscape
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Herman Saftleven (Rotterdam 1609-1685 Utrecht)
An extensive rocky river landscape
signed with initials and dated 'HS, 1648'
black chalk, grey and brown wash, black chalk framing lines with empty cartouche, on paper, watermark foolscap with three conjoined circles
9 7/8 x 11½ in. (25 x 29.2 cm.)
An extensive rocky river landscape
signed with initials and dated 'HS, 1648'
black chalk, grey and brown wash, black chalk framing lines with empty cartouche, on paper, watermark foolscap with three conjoined circles
9 7/8 x 11½ in. (25 x 29.2 cm.)
Provenance
Unidentified collector's mark (L. 2705b).
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