Bidspirit auction | Herman Saftleven: Loading a Riverboat

Herman Saftleven: Loading a Riverboat with Bales and Barrels - SAFTLEVEN, HERMAN 1609 Rotterdam - 1685 Utrecht Title: Loading a Riverboat with Bales and Barrels. Date: 1679. Technique: Oil on wood. Measurement: 12.5 x 16.6cm. Notation: Dated and signed on the stern of the ship: ”1679 above thtis presumably remains of a signature: ”?SA””. Frame: Framed. Verso glued on paper with handwritten note: ”Herm. Herm. Zaftleeven pinx. 1675” The present work is listed and documented at the online database of the RKD, Den Hague, under the ill. no. 313451. Literature: W. Schulz: Herman Saftleven: 1609 - 1685, Leben und Werk, Berlin 1982, no. 201 Provenance: Private ownership, Germany; Auction Sotheby's, London, 9th-10th April, 1986, lot 95; Auction Fischer, Luzern, 14th-21st November, 1978, lot 1870 (there with the certificate Walter Bernt); 1979 loan coll. Schöpke (acc. to inscription verso, poss. Reiner & Elisabeth Schöpke, Frauenfeld)). We are grateful to Ellis Dullaart, RKD, Den Hague, who confirmed the attribution of the present painting on the basis of a high-resolution digital photograph. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Herman Saftleven The Netherlands Dutch School 17th C. Old Masters Framed Ships Painting