River View with Ferry

Herman Saftleven

1655

oil on panel

Rijksmuseum

A wide river flows through a landscape with a castle on a hill. Several boats are on the water, and people are working in fields on the left bank. <div><p>…; ? anonymous sale, Paris (Chez Solier et Musier), 30 January 1775, no. 38 (‘Une vue du Rhin, tableaux d’une composition interéssante, orné de plusieurs figures &amp; batteaux. Bois, 7 pouces 9 lignes de haut, sur 10 pouces 3 lignes de large [20.9 x 27.7 cm]’), 12½ livres;…; bequeathed by Daniel Franken Dzn (1838-1898), Amsterdam and Le Vésinet, to the museum, with 54 other paintings, 1898{_<em>Verslagen omtrent ’s Rijks verzamelingen van geschiedenis en kunst</em>_ 1898 (annual report of the Rijksmuseum), p. 29.}</p></div>