Herman Saftleven(1609 - January 5, 1685 (buried)), was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period. Born in Rotterdam, Saftleven lived most of his life (1632-1685) in Utrecht. His brothers, Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) and Abraham Saftleven were both painters. The former was even better known as a painter, specializing in genre scenes, while Herman was known for his landscapes of river scenes as well as of persons traveling through woods. His father, Herman Saftleven I was a painter in Rotterdam, who died by 1627. One of Herman IIes daughters, Sara Saftleven, born in Utrecht after 1633, also became a painter of flowers in watercolors. She married Jacob Adriaensz Broers in 1671. Herman became the dean of the Guild of St Luke in Utrecht. After a storm had destroyed most of the town in the 1670s, he sold the city a series drawings he had made of Utrecht churches before they were destroyed. In the 1680s, he was commissioned by the amateur botanist and horticulturalist Agnes Block, to draw flowers and plants at her country estate near Utrecht. He died in Utrecht. | |||
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An Extensive Rhenish River Landscape ID de tableau:: 85183 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
An Extensive Rhenish River Landscape Date 1664(1664) Medium Oil on oak panel Dimensions Height: 23 cm (9.1 in). Width: 32 cm (12.6 in). cjr Date_1664(1664) _ Medium_Oil_on_oak_panel _ Dimensions_Height:_23_cm_(9.1_in)._Width:_32_cm_(12.6_in). _ cjr |
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An Extensive Rhenish River Landscape ID de tableau:: 89494 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
An Extensive Rhenish River Landscape 1664(1664) Medium oil on oak panel cyf 1664(1664) _ Medium_oil_on_oak_panel _ cyf |
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Kustlandskap med fyr ID de tableau:: 97189 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Kustlandskap med fyr oil on canvas Dimensions 37 X 27.5 cm cyf oil_on_canvas_ Dimensions_37_X_27.5_cm_ cyf |
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| (1609 - January 5, 1685 (buried)), was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period. Born in Rotterdam, Saftleven lived most of his life (1632-1685) in Utrecht. His brothers, Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) and Abraham Saftleven were both painters. The former was even better known as a painter, specializing in genre scenes, while Herman was known for his landscapes of river scenes as well as of persons traveling through woods. His father, Herman Saftleven I was a painter in Rotterdam, who died by 1627. One of Herman IIes daughters, Sara Saftleven, born in Utrecht after 1633, also became a painter of flowers in watercolors. She married Jacob Adriaensz Broers in 1671. Herman became the dean of the Guild of St Luke in Utrecht. After a storm had destroyed most of the town in the 1670s, he sold the city a series drawings he had made of Utrecht churches before they were destroyed. In the 1680s, he was commissioned by the amateur botanist and horticulturalist Agnes Block, to draw flowers and plants at her country estate near Utrecht. He died in Utrecht. | ||||||||||
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