Cornelis Saftleven (Gorkum 1607-1681 Rotterdam)
Lot 188

Cornelis Saftleven (Gorkum 1607-1681 Rotterdam)

A wounded doe

Closed13 May 2015

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EUR 4,750

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Cornelis Saftleven (Gorkum 1607-1681 Rotterdam)
A wounded doe
signed and dated 'CS 1665'
black and red chalk, grey and brown wash, brown ink framing lines
14.3 x 24.4 cm.

Johannes Andreas Jolles (1874-1946); J. de Vries, Amsterdam, 27 November 1848, lot 135 (sold with two other drawings for 1.5 florins to Roos).
Anonymous sale; A.G. de Visser, The Hague, 8 March 1869, lot 256.
J.F. Ellinckhuysen; Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 16-17 April 1879, lot 227 (6 florins to Ehrlich from Prague).
Freiherr Adalbert von Lanna (1836-1909) (according to an inscription, verso).
Ludwig Zatzka (1857-1925) (L. 2672); Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19 June 1925, lot 203 ('Corneille Saftleven. Chevreuil blessé, plume lavé d'aquarelle.').
with Nicolaas Beets (1878-1963), Amsterdam; received in part exchange with four other drawings on 31 July 1925 (Inventory book: '122. t. C. Saftleven dood hert').

Specialist note

For two drawings of a living deer, both dated 1666, and now in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, see exhib. cat. Dessins du Siècle d'or hollandais. La collection Jean de Grez, Brussels, 2007, nos. 80-81.