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DescriptionProperty from a European Private Collection
Herman SaftlevenRotterdam 1609 - 1685 UtrechtA mountainous wooded river landscape, with travellers on a path and a wooden bridge
signed with monogram and dated lower left: HS f 1645oil on canvasunframed: 152 x 183.1 cm.; 59⅞ x 72⅛ in.framed: 165.6 x 196.9 cm.; 65¼ x 77½ in.Condition reportThe canvas is lined, the paint surface is covered in fairly old slightly discoloured varnish. The surface is slightly worn in the sky, and old retouchings are visible to the naked eye, predominantly scattered in the sky. Minute details in the foliage and in the foreground are well-preserved. There are minor retouchings visible to the naked eye in the lower foreground, but no major damages. Inspection under ultraviolet light confirms the aforementioned retouchings, particularly in the sky, most concentrated in the upper right corner of the canvas. There are minor retouchings visible in the lower half of the composition, including areas on the right-hand margin, and in the lower left corner of the canvas. There is evidence of minor strengthening in some of the foliage on the left-hand side. The painting is in overall good condition.
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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.LiteratureJ. 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.