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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.159
People
Herman Saftleven, Dutch (Rotterdam, Netherlands 1609 - 1685 Utrecht, Netherlands)
Title
River Valley with Hill and Water Pump
Other Titles
Former Title: River Landscape, Peasants ouside a Cottage to the Left
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360597

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, black chalk, blue-green transparent watercolor and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.7 × 27.4 cm (7 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: from old mat, now removed, typewritten text: HERMAN SAFTLEVEN / Rotterdam 1609 - Utrecht 1685 / River Landscape, Peasants out- / side a Cottage to the Left. / Black chalk, colored washes. / Signed in brown in. [sic] 197 x 277mm / Coll: E. Calando, Martin Hardie.
  • inscription: center, brown ink: HS
  • inscription: verso, upper left, on hinge, brown ink: 207703
  • inscription: verso, lower right, on old hinge, graphite: CH/-1-A16153
  • inscription: verso, lower irght, on old hinge, green crayon: 9
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, red ink: A C [inside of rectangle] [Lugt 88a, mark of A. Chariatte]
  • watermark: center of sheet: Arms of Amsterdam

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
A. Chariatte, London (Lugt 88a). E. Calendo. Martin Hardie. Sold [through Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, May 3, 1976, lot 211]; to [Adlophe Stein], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
1.2018.159
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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