Image

Cornelis Saftleven

A Young Man Seated on Ground, 1642

Description

Maker

Title

A Young Man Seated on Ground

Year

1642

Medium

Black chalk and brush and wash on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

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)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.460

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

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.

Use

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