Landschap met een herder, vee en pluimvee

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Landscape with a Herdsman

Cornelis Saftleven

1652

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 46.5cm × w 58.8cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

panel; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.; clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm - CC - out of doors; ducks (domestic waterbirds); water-birds: duck; dog

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1883

Notes

support: height 46.5 cm x width 58.8 cm

Collection Type

paintings

About Cornelis Saftleven

1607–1681 • Dutch Republic

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.