Cornelis Saftleven (Gorkum 1607-1681 Rotterdam)
Three hooded Lanner falcons (Falco biarmicus)
with inscription 'Lannerelt' and 'F.F. Lens' (?) (verso)
black chalk, grey, brown and red wash, brown ink framing lines
14.4 x 26.3 cm.
Literature
W. Schulz, Cornelis Saftleven 1607-1681: Leben und Werke, mit einem kritischen Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Berlin and New York, 1978, no. 257.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Brussels, Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Le Cabinet d'un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d'une collection privée d'Amsterdam, 1976-77, no. 114, pl. 62 (catalogue by J. Giltaij).
A closely comparable drawing by Saftleven showing a single hooded Lanner falcon is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (inv. CS 26; Schulz, op. cit., no. 342).
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