Circle of Herman Saftleven (1609-1685)

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Circle of Herman Saftleven (1609-1685)

A View along the River Rhine at Oberwesel with the Ruins of Castle Schönburg on a Cliff at the right, Castle Gutenfels and the Pfalz on the left, the Town of Kaub beyond

with inscription 'by over Wesel gaub /& Paltz' (verso); black lead, brown wash, grey ink framing lines
192 x 250 mm.

Provenance

Private collection, Amsterdam, 1977

Literature

W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven, Berlin/New York, 1982, no. 722

Exhibited

Utrecht, 1978, no. 94 (as H. Saftleven)
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 116 (as H. Saftleven)

Lot Essay

Dr. Wolfgang Schulz has pointed out that Castle Schönburg, now restored, was only destroyed in 1689, thus giving a terminus ante quem of four years after Saftleven's death for the present lot.
The towers on the right are those of the St. Martin church and its Wernerkapelle at Oberwesel, dating from circa 1300. Castle Gutenfels was ruined in the 19th Century and rebuilt in 1886.
An attribution to Willem Schellinks has been suggested

See illustration on p.

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