Old Masters Day Auction
Old Masters Day Auction
Property from a European Private Collection
Herman Saftleven
A mountainous wooded river landscape, with travellers on a path and a wooden bridge
Lot Closed
July 7, 01:28 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Herman Saftleven
Rotterdam 1609 - 1685 Utrecht
A mountainous wooded river landscape, with travellers on a path and a wooden bridge
signed with monogram and dated lower left: HS f 1645
oil on canvas
unframed: 152 x 183.1 cm.; 59⅞ x 72⅛ in.
framed: 165.6 x 196.9 cm.; 65¼ x 77½ in.
Captain James Foster, Woodcote Hall;
His sale, London, Christie's, 13 May 1949, lot 21, to Romez (though probably unsold);
Major A.W. Foster;
His sale, London, Christie's, 1 May 1964, lot 63;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 December 1964, lot 82;
With Central Picture Galleries, New York, by March 1966 (when advertised in The Connoisseur);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 14 November 1988, lot 294, for 94,300 GLDR (£27,000), where acquired.
His sale, London, Christie's, 13 May 1949, lot 21, to Romez (though probably unsold);
Major A.W. Foster;
His sale, London, Christie's, 1 May 1964, lot 63;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 December 1964, lot 82;
With Central Picture Galleries, New York, by March 1966 (when advertised in The Connoisseur);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 14 November 1988, lot 294, for 94,300 GLDR (£27,000), where acquired.
J. Nieuwstraten, ‘De ontwikkeling van Herman Saftlevens kunst tot 1650’, in Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, vol. 16, 1965, p. 99, reproduced plate 27;
W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven 1609–1685. Leben und Werke, Berlin 1982, p. 136, no. 41.
W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven 1609–1685. Leben und Werke, Berlin 1982, p. 136, no. 41.