Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681)

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Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681)

Pigeons on the Top of Chimney, a Church with a Nest of Storks on the Roof nearby

black and red chalk, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark
143 x 195 mm.
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mount with no. 428
Anon.sale, Notarishuis, Arnhem, 1970
Literature
W. Schulz, Cornelis Saftleven, Berlin/New York, 1978, no. 392

Lot Essay

A copy after this from the Hofstede de Groot collection, formerly with B. Houthakker, Amsterdam, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1989, lot 310.
Another version of this was cut up, the left half is now in the Prentenkabinet, Leiden, the other half is in the Fondation Custodia, Institut Néerlandais, Paris (Schulz, op.cit., nos. 424-40)

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