River View with Ferry, Herman Saftleven, 1655

Identification

Title(s)

River View with Ferry

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1762

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, with ligated monogram, lower left: ‘HS 1655’
inscription and date, on the reverse: ‘[…] 1655’
label, on the reverse: ‘Herman Saftleven / a Utrecht / fecit Anno 1655’
label, on the reverse: ‘No. 7 H Saftleven / Rivière’

Description

Rivierlandschap met veerpont met passagiers en vee. Links werken boeren op de akkers langs een weg. Aan de overzijde ligt een kasteel op een heuveltop.

Creation

Artist

painter: Herman Saftleven

Dating

1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 20.8 cm × width 27.8 cm
outersize: depth 9 cm (support incl. SK-L-3394)

Subject

What

river
ferry

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

D. Franken Bequest, Le Vésinet

Acquisition

bequest Jun-1898

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? anonymous sale, Paris (Chez Solier et Musier), 30 January 1775, no. 38 (‘Une vue du Rhin, tableaux d’une composition interéssante, orné de plusieurs figures & batteaux. Bois, 7 pouces 9 lignes de haut, sur 10 pouces 3 lignes de large [20.9 x 27.7 cm]’), 12½ livres;…; bequeathed by Daniel Franken Dzn (1838-1898), Amsterdam and Le Vésinet, to the museum, with 54 other paintings, 1898{_Verslagen omtrent ’s Rijks verzamelingen van geschiedenis en kunst_ 1898 (annual report of the Rijksmuseum), p. 29.}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5360

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