Saftleven, Hermann (Rotterdam 1609 - 1685 Utrecht)... Lot n° 52108

Painting, oil on wood, river landscape with rafters, not signed, 44 x 55 cm, 2nd half 17th cent, horizontal crack in upper third, old cleaned with some minor retouchings, soiled and spotted (detailed condition report available on request), later clean framed (62 x 73 cm) 2601 This typical river landscape with a rich staffage of people is seamless in terms of motif, composition, style, colouring and detail, The depiction of the craftsmen and people in the lower left foreground with the striking yellowish contours of the branches and the abrupt change of colour between the intensely coloured foreground and the pale middle ground are particularly exemplary of the artist's Rhine depictions.