赫爾曼·薩夫特勒文

Samuel Day (1757-1806), Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset;
By descent to Mary, his widow, until 1846;
By whom bequeathed to Thomas Jones (1808-1848), heir of Hinton House;
By descent to his son, Edward Talbot Day Jones (1837-1911);
By descent to R. Robertson-Glasgow, Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset; 
Thence by descent in the Robertson-Glasgow Family;
Anonymous sale, Salisbury, Woolley & Wallis, 2 September 2009, Lot 232;
There acquired by the present owner.

Inventory of all the Household...including Paintings at Hinton Charterhouse, the Property of the Late Thomas Jones, unpublished MS., made August 1848 by English & Sons, August 1848 (as by Jan van Goyen);
J. Nieuwstraten, "De onwikkeling van Herman Saftlevens kunst tot 1650,", in Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, vol. 16, 1965, p. 97, reproduced p. 96, fig. 19;
W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven, Berlin 1982, p. 192, no. 243 (dated to circa 1642).  

With its delicately painted features and restrained color palette, this composition is an impressive example of the panoramic landscapes for which Herman Saftleven is renowned.  This peaceful vista, possibly of the Rhineland, likely derives from the artist’s early career and reflects the influences of Jan van Goyen and Abraham Bloemaert.