Hooischuit aan een oever
Herman Saftleven
1619 - 1685
Medium
brush
Dimensions
64; 88
About this artwork
height 64 mm x width 88 mm
Art Historical Context
**Hooischuit aan een oever** Herman Saftleven (1619–1685) a serene slice of 17th-century Dutch life in a remarkably intimate scale: just 64 mm high by 88 mm wide. Saftleven, a Utrecht artist from a prominent family of painters during the Dutch Golden Age, specialized in landscapes and everyday genre scenes. This diminutive work, rendered with brush, likely depicts a *hooischuit*—a hay barge—moored along a riverbank, evoking the bustling waterways central to Holland's economy and daily rhythms. The modest medium and size suggest it may be a preparatory sketch or collector's gem, showcasing Saf...