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Herman Saftleven
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- Herman Saftleven
- A Forest Interior, with a seated figure
Black chalk and brown wash within black ink framing lines;
signed with a monogram lower right: HSL and bears numbering in brown ink on the verso: 13
Provenance
Bears two unidentified collector's marks verso;
Professor E. Perman, Stockholm;
with A. Brod, London, January-February 1965, cat. 92, illus.;
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1966 (cat. 48), from whom bought by F.C. Butôt;
his sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 16 November 1993, lot 95, purchased by the present owner
Exhibited
Salzburg, Museumpavillon in Mirabellgarten; Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Niederländische Kunst aus dem Goldenen Jahrhundert, 1972-3;
Munich, 1989
Literature
L.J. Bol and G.S. Keyes, Netherlandish Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of F.C. Butôt, London 1981, p.26, cat. 53, reproduced;
W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven, Berlin/New York 1982, p. 419, cat. 1143, fig. 106;
I. Fechter, Review of 1989 Munich exhibition, Weltkunst, 59, no. 12 (15 June 1989), p. 1768
W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven, Berlin/New York 1982, p. 419, cat. 1143, fig. 106;
I. Fechter, Review of 1989 Munich exhibition, Weltkunst, 59, no. 12 (15 June 1989), p. 1768
Condition
The sheet is in very good condition, the medium remains fresh The sheet is hinged at the top right and left corners to the mount. Sold in a small wooden frame.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
As Keyes pointed out (loc. cit.), Saftleven used this charming and atmospheric study for the left half of a painting of 1660, now in a private collection (Schulz, op. cit., cat. 114). On stylistic grounds this drawing must, however, be placed far earlier in the artist's career; Keyes compared it to Saftleven's most important print, The Wooded Hillside, of 1644, and Schulz also dates it to the 1640s.