A River Landscape with a Boat Landing below a Bluff / Herman Saftleven, II
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.516
- Title
- A River Landscape with a Boat Landing below a Bluff
- Artist
- Herman Saftleven, II
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- (1609 - 1685)
- Medium and Support
- ink, graphite on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1630-1685
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Netherlands (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Netherlands (nation)
- Credit Line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- 17th century
- Dimensions
- 34.61 cm x 48.26 cm (13 5/8 in. x 19 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- This oil painting is horizontally oriented with gray markings. It is surrounded with rose, gold, and mint matting, with a scroll that reads “H. Saftleven”. The actual work depicts a river scene, with a cliff on the shore of a river to the right. On the cliff are buildings, including what looks like the ruins of a castle tower. A tree leans to the right over the edge of the cliff. Ships populate the river, including one at the shoreline.
- Subject Matter
- Herman Saftleven II was born into a family of artists in Rotterdam though he settled in Utrecht in the 1620s where he recorded views of the city. Following a destructive hurricane in 1674, he sold the city a series of drawings of Utrecht churches that he had done before the buildings were destroyed. He was also known for his botanical drawings of the country estate, Vijverhof, near Utrecht.
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- fortifications
- landscapes (environments)
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3664 x 2368
- File Size
- 318 KB
- Record
- 2009/1.516
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.516/2009_1.516.jpg
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"A River Landscape with a Boat Landing below a Bluff; Herman Saftleven, II." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.516/2009_1.516.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
