Herman Saftleven* (1609-1685)

A Rhenish Landscape with Fishermen tarring a Boat, near Linz

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Herman Saftleven* (1609-1685)
A Rhenish Landscape with Fishermen tarring a Boat, near Linz
signed with monogram 'HSL' (recto), with inscription 'Bij Linz' and '20/3' (verso)
black chalk, green and gray wash, watermark foolscap, the bottom edge extended, black ink framing lines
7 x 7 in. (196 x 183 mm.) (4)

Lot Essay

The present drawing was done in the 1650s during his trip along the Rhine where he executed drawings of Linz on the Rhine between Bonn and Kloblenz, W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven 1609-1685, Berlin, 1982, no. 705, fig. 150.