A Duck Sleeping near a Broken Wheel in a Farmyard, a Chicken beyond
Cornelis Saftleven
17th century
Medium
Black and red chalk, gray and brown wash
Dimensions
sheet: 5 15/16 x 7 1/4 in. (15.1 x 18.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.38
Tags
ChickensDucks
About the Artist
Cornelis Saftleven
Cornelis Saftleven (c. 1607–1681) was born in Gorinchem into a family of artists, with his father Herman Saftleven and brothers Abraham and Herman Saftleven the Younger also painters. He likely learned his craft from his father in Rotterdam, where the family was active, and later collaborated closely with his brother Herman in Utrecht around 1634, developing innovative stable interiors as a new mo...