A Barn Interior with a Woman preparing Food
Cornelis Saftleven (Gorinchem 1607 - Rotterdam 1681)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1681
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
620 x 795 mm
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 290375
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Barn Interior with a Woman preparing Food by Cornelius Saftleven (Gorinchem 1607 - Rotterdam 1681), signed lower right; 'Saftleven, f'. A barn interior is shown with a steep pitched roof on wooden beams, a loft floor above and a woman with animals on the ground. Two calves, four sheep and a goat are to the right and a woman washing dishes in a barrel to the left. She wears a red skirt and black bodice with a white blouse and apron. A smaller tub is behind and a pile of crockery, vegetables etc. in front. Cornelis and Herman Saftleven were brothers. Herman painted landscapes and farm still lifes but he moved from Rotterdam to Utrecht in 1632 and became primarily a landscape painter specialising during the last 30 or so years of his life in panoramic mountainous landscapes. Cornelis though he also worked for a time in Utrecht mostly painted interiors of stables and peasant cottages.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
Saclaleven, f (inscribed lower right)
Makers and roles
Cornelis Saftleven (Gorinchem 1607 - Rotterdam 1681), artist