Cornelis Saftleven was the brother and pupil of Herman Saftleven the younger. He married Catharina Dirksz. van der Heyde in 1649, and lived in Rotterdam from 1648 to 1674. He married his second wife, Elisabeth van der Avondt, in 1655, and was appointed director of the Rotterdam guild in 1667. Comment on works:Painter, watercolourist, engraver (etching), draughtsman (including ink). Religious subjects, figures, genre scenes, interiors with figures, rustic scenes, landscapes with figures, landscapes, ruins, animals.

Saftleven, Cornelis

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

A wild-haired, robed woman rushing to the right, seen from behind

A Boy Sleeping in the Outdoors

A Duck Sleeping near a Broken Wheel in a Farmyard, a Chicken beyond

A Dog

A Fury Riding on a Monster

Satire on the Trial of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Figures before a Village Inn

Landscape with a Herdsman

Staande koe

Lion

Sleeping Dog

Beer die vastgebonden is aan een boom

Landschap met antieke ruïnes

Liggende hond

Hond liggend bij een kruiwagen