Rocky Landscape

1643 · Private collection

landscape

This painting depicts a rocky landscape with travellers on a path and peasants by a lake. It shows the influence of the work of Roelandt Savery who had spent the last part of his career in Utrecht where Saftleven was living.

About the Artist

Herman Saftleven

1609 – 1685

Herman II Saftleven (1609-1685) and Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681), Dutch painters, brothers. The best-known members of the family of artists is Cornelis, who was influenced by Brouwer and Teniers, painted genre scenes of peasants and satirical pictures of animals dressed and acting like theologians and jurists. He also did landscapes with sheep and cattle grazing. Herman travelled in Germany and is best known for his highly finished panoramic views of the Moselle and Rhine rivers, done in a distinctive misty blue tonality.

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