Man Turned to the Left, Seated on a Decoratively Carved Chair

Cornelis Saftleven, 1660

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1889-A-2001
  • Dimensionsheight 257 mm x width 183 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack chalk and opaque white watercolour, on brown toned paper

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Man Turned to the Left, Seated on a Decoratively Carved Chair

1660

Inscriptions

  • monogrammed and dated: lower right, in black chalk, CSL 1660

  • inscribed on verso: lower left corner, in a modern hand, in pencil, 1889; lower right, in a modern hand, in pencil, C. Saftleven

  • stamped on verso: lower left, with the mark of the museum (L. 2228)

Technical notes

watermark: Arms of Amsterdam

Provenance

...; purchased from J.H. Valk (Amsterdam) by the museum (L. 2228), 1889

Object number: RP-T-1889-A-2001

Entry

In the present sheet, Saftleven posed his sitter on an ornate chair, dressed in a robe and with shawls draped around his shoulders. He drew the figure on brown toned paper, allowing him to emphasize the play of light on the robe using white heightening against the mid-tone of the support.
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Carolyn Mensing, 2020

Literature

W. Schulz, Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1685): Leben und Werke, mit einem kritischen Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Berlin 1978, p. 80, no. 34, fig. 70

Citation

C. Mensing, 2020, 'Cornelis Saftleven, Man Turned to the Left, Seated on a Decoratively Carved Chair, 1660', in J. Turner (ed.), (under construction) Drawings 2, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200143925

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