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Village street with buildings on the left and crumbling wall on the right

Drawing
17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Saftleven, Herman II (artist)

A village road curves around to the right, beyond a crumbling brick wall with foliage beyond. Along the left side of the road are a low brick wall, several buildings, including one with a stepped roofline, a wooden fence and a tiled-roof cottage among trees.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleVillage street with buildings on the left and crumbling wall on the right (published title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk, with brown and grey wash; thick framing line in dark brown ink.
Paper
Black Chalk
Brown Wash
Grey Wash
Brown Ink
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Village street with buildings on the left and crumbling wall on the right, Herman Saftleven (II) (attributed to), Dutch School, 17th century
Physical description
A village road curves around to the right, beyond a crumbling brick wall with foliage beyond. Along the left side of the road are a low brick wall, several buildings, including one with a stepped roofline, a wooden fence and a tiled-roof cottage among trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 175mm
  • Width: 141mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed (?) with the artist’s monogram at lower left, in brown ink, HSL (in ligature)
  • Numbered at upper left, in pencil, 138
  • Inscribed on mount, at left below the drawing, in pencil, C Saftleven
Object history
Miss Emily Dalton (1816/17–1900), Leicester, by whom bequeathed to the museum (NAL dry stamp on
recto and Dalton Bequest purple ink stamp on verso; neither in Lugt), 1900.
Bibliographic reference
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. 1, Cat. 179, illustrated. p. 229
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
D.957-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O892228/village-street-with-buildings-on-drawing-saftleven-herman-ii/
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