Description
Herman Saftleven (1609-1685)
Extensive river valley with a goatherd near a tree and a village below
Signed with monogram on the tree trunk
Oil on panel
36.5 x 54cm; 14 x 21¼in
This subtle and panoramic landscape is typical of Saftleven's earlier style which owes much to his master Jan Van Goyen, to whom this work was incorrectly attributed in the inventory of 1848 (see literature below)
Provenance:
Samuel Day of Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse (1757-1806)
Mary Day, his widow till 1846
Thomas Jones (1788-1848) who inherited the estate from her
Edward Talbot Day Jones (1837-1911) and thence by descent to the present owner
Literature:
Inventory of all the Household…including Paintings at Hinton Charterhouse, the Property of the Late Thomas Jones made August 23rd-28th 1848 by English and Sons, Bath referred to as: Hilly Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep 14 inches by 21 Van Goyen
