Cornelis Saftleven - A Cattle Market
Cornelis Saftleven
A Cattle Market
Oil on canvas (relined). 75.5 x 93.5 cm.
Monogrammed to the stone in the lower left: CS.
With his exceptional talent as a painter, skilful depiction of details, and highly naturalistic colour palette, Cornelis Saftleven has created a lively and life-like scene. Like a film still, the work captures the movement of the cattle in a single moment. The animals and the farmers with their farmhands, children, and dogs jostle and push in the centre of the image. As a practised animal painter, Saftleven was able to depict the cattle realistically from every angle.
Provenance
Private ownership, Belgium.
Literature
Schulz, Wolfgang: Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) - Leben und Werke, Mit einem kritischen Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Berlin, 1978, p. 224, no. 633.
View it on
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Cornelis Saftleven
A Cattle Market
Oil on canvas (relined). 75.5 x 93.5 cm.
Monogrammed to the stone in the lower left: CS.
With his exceptional talent as a painter, skilful depiction of details, and highly naturalistic colour palette, Cornelis Saftleven has created a lively and life-like scene. Like a film still, the work captures the movement of the cattle in a single moment. The animals and the farmers with their farmhands, children, and dogs jostle and push in the centre of the image. As a practised animal painter, Saftleven was able to depict the cattle realistically from every angle.
Provenance
Private ownership, Belgium.
Literature
Schulz, Wolfgang: Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) - Leben und Werke, Mit einem kritischen Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Berlin, 1978, p. 224, no. 633.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
