Discover painter, draftsperson, print artist Herman Saftleven

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Herman Saftleven

male / North Netherlandish

Name variations

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: Saftleven, Herman (II)
Saftleven, Herman (III)
Sachtleven, Herman
Saft-Leven, Herman
Saftleben, Herman
Saftleven de Jonge, Herman
Zachtleven, Herman
Zaftleven, Herman
The name Herman Saftleven III was (erroneously?) based on the assumption that his father Herman Saftleven was the son of a painter with the same name.

Monogram: HSL [in ligature]
HS

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, print artist

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish
his father came from Antwerp

Born: Rotterdam (city) 1609
c. 1609. According to Houbraken 1718 he was born in Rotterdam in 1609.

Deceased: Utrecht (city) 1685-01/1685-01-05
buried 5 January 1685

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Herman Saftleven (ca. 1580-1627) and Lyntge Cornelisdr Moelants (died 1625); brother of the artists Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681) and Abraham Saftleven (c. 1613-after 1665); in Utrecht he married Anna van Vliet (c. 1613-1684); father of Dirck Saftleven (1637-1679), Levina Saftleven (1641- after 1685), Sara Saftleven (1644-1702) and Hendrick Saftleven (died 1684?)

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

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982 hits in RKDimages as artist
16 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
2 hits in RKDlibrary as illustrator
4351 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
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Biographical information

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Rotterdam (stad) 1624 - 1632
c. 1624-c. 1632
Utrecht (stad) 1632 - 1685
c. 1632-1685. He married in Utrecht on 9 May 1633. It was not until 1654 that he acquired citizenship. Shortly after he became member of the Sint Lucasgilde,
Rhenen (plaats) 1640 - 1645
between 1640 and 1645
Renkum (plaats) 1640 - 1645
between 1640 and 1645
Heelsum 1644
possibly in 1644
Hoog Soeren 1640 - 1645
between 1640 and 1645
Arnhem (plaats) 1640 - 1644
between 1640 and 1644
Doorwerth 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Elten 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Kleef 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Appeldorn 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Rees 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Bonn 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Rölandseck 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Linz am Rhein 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Sankt Goar 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Bingen 1651
during a trip along the Rhine
Zeist (plaats) 1651 - 1654
1651 or 1654
Kasteel Nijenrode 1653
Maarssen 1650 - 1660
two drawings of Huis ter Meer in Maarsssen; between 1650 and 1660
Gent 1650 - 1660
between 1650 and 1660
Huis te Linschoten 1654
Delft (stad) 1654-10-12 - 1654
Saftleven made a drawing of Delft shortly after the explosion of the gunpowder arsenal on October 12, 1654.
Bemuurde Weerd (Utrecht) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Utrecht (stad) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
De Bilt (plaats) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Oud-Zuilen 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Rhenen (plaats) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Montfoort (plaats) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Rhenen (plaats) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Vlissingen (stad, Zeeland) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Koudekerke (Veere) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665
Lopikerkapel 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Lexmond 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Jaarsveld (Lopik) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Lopik (plaats) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Tienhoven (Vijfheerenlanden) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Langerak (Zuid-Holland) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Schoonhoven (Zuid-Holland) 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Groot-Ammers 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Ammerstol 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Streefkerk 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Lekkerkerk 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Krimpen aan de Lek 1660 - 1665
between 1660 and 1665; during a trip along the Lek river
Jutphaas 1672
dated drawings
Utrecht (stad) 1674 - 1677
During these years Saftleven made numerous drawings of ruins inside and outside Utrecht
Bemuurde Weerd (Utrecht) 1674
drawings of ruins
Nieuwersluis 1680 - 1684
Saftleven's drawings of flowers and plants for Agnes Block were made between 1680 and 1684 at Vijverhof house in Nieuwersluis.

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Saftleven, Herman (ca. 1580-1627)
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Almeloveen, Jan van
Bemmel, Jacob Gerritsz. van
Bemmel, Willem van
Bunnick, Jan van
Vorstermans, Johannes
Follower of: Both, Jan
Goyen, Jan van
Poelenburch, Cornelis van
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Chalon, Louis
Ferg, Franz de Paula
Griffier, Robert
Hochecker, Franz
Kalraet, Barent van
Koogen, L. van
Manskirch, Bernard Gottfried
Melder, Gerard
Monogrammist CLN
Monogrammist E.H.
Monogrammist I.V.D.
Monogrammist ISvM
Monogrammist JV (Noordelijke Nederlanden 17de eeuw)
Monogrammist L.G.S.v.L.
Oudenhoven, Hermanus Joseph van
Prins, Johannes Huibert
Quakaas, H.
Schütz, Christian Georg (I)
Schütz, Christian Georg (II)
Schütz, Philippine
Sorgh, Hendrick Martensz.
Soukens, Hendrik
Soukens, Jan
Thiele, Alexander
Troost, Willem (I)
Verdonck, Cornelis
Vouw, Johannes de
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Buytewech, Willem (I)
Savery, Roelant
Both, Jan
Brueghel, Jan (I)
Goyen, Jan van
Molijn, Pieter de
Poelenburch, Cornelis van

In the 1630s, his work is influenced by Jan van Goyen and Pieter de Molijn; in the 1640s by Cornelis van Poelenburch and Jan Both; in the 1660s by Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Aken, Jan van
Cuyp, Aelbert
Graf, Johann
Kalf, Willem
Lorentzen, Christian August
Orient, Josef

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: landscape (genre), italianate, genre, Christian religious scene, interior view, farm still life, peasant genre, winter landscape, beach scene, architecture (genre), cityscape, topography, flower piece

Medium/technique: oil paint, black chalk

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Utrecht)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 16 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Meyssens 1649 , non paginated
Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 340-342, vol. 2 (1719), p. 131; vol. 3 (1721), p. 53, 138-139, 198, 293, 339 (as: Herman Zaftleven, Zachtleven)
Kramm 1857-1864 , vol. 6 (1862), p. 1436-1438
Obreen 1877-1890 , vol. 5 (1882-1883), p. 115-128 ('Herman Saftleven II en zijne nagelaten schilderijen. (met eene geslachtstafel)')
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2 (1910), p. 549-551 (as: Herman Saftleven II., auch Sachtleven oder Zachtleven)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 29 (1935), p. 310-311 (as: Saftleven, Herman (3))
Waller 1938/1974 , p. 281 (as: Saftleven de Jonge, Herman)
Gerson 1942/1983 , passim
Dattenberg 1967 , p. 286-311
The Illustrated Bartsch (1978-) , vol. 1 (1978), p. 240-266
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 270 (as: Saftleven, Sachtleven, Saftleben, Saft-Leven or Zachtleven, Herman Hermansz.)
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 23 [1980], p. 119-148 (as:)
Schulz 1982 , passim
Sutton 1984 , p. 74-75
Sutton/Blankert 1987 , p. 475-480
Beck 1972-1991 , vol. 4 (1991), p. 368-371
Honnef/Weschenfelder/Haberland 1992 , p. 335-337, cat.no. 50-69
Schadee 1994 , p. 296
Spicer/Orr/Bok 1997
Saur 1999-2000 (as: Saftleven, Herman (1609))
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 175 (as: Herman (III) SAFTLEVEN)
De Meyere 2006 , p. 349-354 (as: Herman Saftleven)
Schoemaker 2017
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]
Schoemaker 2022
Schoemaker 2022A

D. Franken, 'Herman Saftleven II en zijne nagelaten schilderijen (met een geslachtstafel)', in: Fr. D.O. Obreen (ed.), Archief voor Nederlandsche kunstgeschiedenis: verzameling van meerendeels onuitgegeven berichten en mededeelingen betreffende Nederlandsche schilders, plaatsnijders, beeldhouwers, bouwmeesters, ... [etc.], vol. 5 (1882-1883), p. 115-128
P.T.A. Swillens, ‘Het kunstboek van Herman Saftleven’, Vondelkroniek 2 (1931) no. 1, p. 18-23
J. Nieuwstraten, 'De ontwikkeling van Herman Saftlevens kunst tot 1650. Spiegel van stromingen in de Nederlandse landschapschilderkunst', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 16 (1965), p. 81-117
M. Klinge-Gross, 'Herman Saftleven als Zeichner und Maler bäuerlicher Interieurs. Zur Entstehung des südholländischen Bildtyps mit Stilleben aus ländischem Hausrat und Gerät', Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 38 (1976), p. 68-91
J.W. Salomonson, '"Op de wal agter St. Marye". Topografische aantekeningen bij een onbekend schilderijtje van Herman Saftleven', Utrecht, 1982 (typescript of a presentation at the Koninklijke Academie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, 8 February 1982)
J. de Meyere, De Utrechtse schilder Herman Saftleven en "an extensive Rhineland view..." uit 1669, Maandblad Oud-Utrecht 63 (1990), no. 4 (April), p. 33-40
G.J.M. Weber, 'Ein unbekannter Monogrammist aus der Nachfolge Herman Saftlevens', Rheydter Jahrbuch 21 (1994), p. 234-245
L.M. Schoemaker, ''alle uitmuntend geteekend'. Drie ruïnetekeningen van Herman Saftleven uit 1674', in: Ch. Dumas (ed.), Liber Amicorum Dorine van Sasse van Ysselt. Collegiale bijdragen over teken- en prentkunst, The Hague 2011, p. 117-132
L.M. Schoemaker, 'Zoektocht naar een ruïne. Drie tekeningen van Herman Saftleven van het huis Soestbergen' Oud-Utrecht 85 (June 2012), p. 68-74
L.M. Schoemaker, 'Een kleine topografische puzzel: Anthonie Waterloo en Herman Saftleven in de Bemuurde Weerd', in: Bijdragen voor Rudi Ekkart bij zijn afscheid als directeur van het RKD, RKD Bulletin (2012, nr. 2), p. 158-162

Documentation RKD

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Project: Gerson Digital : Germany
Gerson Digital : Switzerland

Comment: Saftleven has never been to Switzerland. See Schulz 1982, p. 78, 360, no. 916.

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1992-02-07; Last modified date: 2023-05-22
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