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A black chalk drawing of a peasant man in full profile seated on the ground, leaning against a rock. With his arms folded, he gazes off to the left.
A black chalk drawing of a peasant man in full profile seated on the ground, leaning against a rock. With his arms folded, he gazes off to the left.
A black chalk drawing of a peasant man in full profile seated on the ground, leaning against a rock. With his arms folded, he gazes off to the left.
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  • A black chalk drawing of a peasant man in full profile seated on the ground, leaning against a rock. With his arms folded, he gazes off to the left.
  • A black chalk drawing of a peasant man in full profile seated on the ground, leaning against a rock. With his arms folded, he gazes off to the left.
  • A black chalk drawing of a peasant man in full profile seated on the ground, leaning against a rock. With his arms folded, he gazes off to the left.

Cornelis Saftleven

A Young Man Seated on Ground

Maker

Cornelis Saftleven (Dutch, 1607-1681)

Title

A Young Man Seated on Ground

Year

1642

Medium

  • Black chalk and brush and wash on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Black chalk and brush and wash on laid paper

Materials

chalk, wash technique

Dimensions

24.6 x 20.3 cm (9 11/16 x 8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in black chalk, LR: "C.S. 1642"

Verso: Stamped with the collector's mark of Willem Issack Hooft (Lugt 2631)

Watermark: Eagle with spread wings with a crozier on its breast and three pendent balls (similar to Heawood no. 1248)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.460

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Publications

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Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Alt Author: Johnson, Deborah J.

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer
Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

A young man, his hair tousled and feet bare, relaxes on the ground, leaning on a rock and looking to the left. Despite its appearance as an impromptu sketch created on site, this signed and dated drawing was made in the studio from a posed model. Saftleven executed his study in both dry and wet media: black chalk for the line work, paired with a gray-blue wash applied with a brush, most visible on the ground and the rock. Once the wash dried, he reinforced some lines and added new hatching. Saftleven’s layered technique is similar to that of his contemporary Jan van Goyen, whose work is on view nearby.

Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Cornelis Saftleven (Dutch, 1607-1681)
A Young Man Seated on Ground, 1642
Black chalk and brush and wash on laid paper
24.6 x 20.3 cm (9 11/16 x 8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.460

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