Cornelis Saftleven

Dutch · 1607–1681 · Painter, Printmaker

Cornelis Saftleven was a Dutch painter who worked in a great variety of genres. Known in particular for his rural genre scenes, his range of subjects was very wide and included… (Wikipedia)

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Cornelis Saftleven was a Dutch painter who worked in a great variety of genres. Known in particular for his rural genre scenes, his range of subjects was very wide and included portraits, farmhouse interiors, rural and beach scenes, landscapes with cattle, history paintings, scenes of Hell, allegories, satires and illustrations of proverbs.

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Born 1607, GorinchemDied 1681, RotterdamOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q130039 ↗ULAN 500021614 ↗Museum works 19

Also known as Corneil Zaftleven, Corneille Sachtleven, Corneille Saeftleven, Corneille Saft Leven, Corneille Saftleven, Corneille Sagtleven, Corneille Zachtleven, Corneille Zafleven and 7 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Cornelis Saftleven, A Dog — **A Dog**1660s? · black chalk with gray-brown wash on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Joseph F. McCrindle Collection — Open Ac…

Cornelis Saftleven, Group of Demons — **Group of Demons**1617 - 1681
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Cornelis Saftleven, Seated Man Smoking, with a Coal Pan — **Seated Man Smoking, with a Coal Pan**1636
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Seated Girl, in Profile to the Right1656
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Cornelis Saftleven, Seated Boy with a Shawm — **Seated Boy with a Shawm**1665
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Cornelis Saftleven, Deciduous Forest — **Deciduous Forest**1645
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Museum of Art, Architecture …

Cornelis Saftleven, Untitled — **Untitled**
Musée Magnin ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée Magnin

Cornelis Saftleven, The Annunciation to the Shepherds — **The Annunciation to the Shepherds**1660
Agnes Etherington Art Centre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Cornelis Saftleven, Figures before a Village Inn — **Figures before a Village Inn**1642
Rijksmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Rijksmuseum

Cornelis Saftleven, Landscape with animals — **Landscape with animals**1652
Rijksmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Rijksmuseum

Cornelis Saftleven, A Witches' Sabbath — **A Witches' Sabbath**c. 1650 · Oil on panel
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Porter Collection — public domain (CC0)

Cornelis Saftleven, A Camel — **A Camel**1646 · Black chalk and brush and black wash, with touches of brown and ochre chalk, on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Cornelis Saftleven, Yard of an Old House — **Yard of an Old House**n.d. · Black crayon and brush and gray wash, with touches of black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Cornelis Saftleven, Kneeling Monk Holding a Crucifix — **Kneeling Monk Holding a Crucifix**1630 · Black chalk on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Cornelis Saftleven, Man with a Keg — **Man with a Keg**1633 · Black chalk on buff laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Cornelis Saftleven, Horse Standing on a Mound — **Horse Standing on a Mound**1655 · brush and black, brown, yellow, and gray watercolors over graphite and red chalk on antique laid paper
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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Works in museum collections

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