A Rhenish landscape with fishermen and peasants on a quayside, a town beyond

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Herman Saftleven (Rotterdam 1609-1685 Utrecht)
A Rhenish landscape with fishermen and peasants on a quayside, a town beyond
signed with monogram and dated 'HS 16.0' (lower right)
oil on panel
107/8 x 14¾ in. (27.7 x 37.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Saftleven travelled up the lower and middle Rhine regions of Germany in 1651, starting in Arnhem and Cleve, in the eastern Netherlands, ending up as far as Bingen. He produced many drawings and etchings from this trip that were to inspire his 'Rhenish' landscapes.

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