Print Description
Portrait of Herman and Cornelis Saftleven, and David Teniers the Elder.
Herman Saftleven the Younger (1609 in Rotterdam – 1685), was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period. Known for his landscapes of river scenes as well as of persons traveling through woods.
Cornelis Saftleven (c.1607 in Gorinchem – 1681 in Rotterdam) 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.
David Teniers the Elder (1582 – 1649), Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 13.6 x 19.1 cm (5.35 x 7.52 inch). Image size: 13.5 x 19 cm. (5.31 x 7.48 inch).
Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PORTRAIT-HERMAN-CORNELIS-SAFTLEVEN-DAVID-TENIERS | PCO-C45-39
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Paintresses, or De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies with engraved portraits written by the 18th-century painter Arnold Houbraken. It was published in three volumes as a sequel to Karel van Mander’s own list of biographies known as the Schilder-boeck. The first volume appeared in 1718, and was followed by the second volume in 1719, the year Houbraken died. The third and last volume was published posthumously by Houbraken’s wife and children in 1721. This work is considered to be a very important source of information on 17th-century artists of the Netherlands. The Schouburg is listed as one of the thousand most important works in the Canon of Dutch Literature [nl] from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Biography engraver: Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
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