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Rocky Landscape with a Road and Waterfall
Pieter Dircksz. van Santvoort (Dutch, about 1604–1635)
Formerly attributed to: Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (Dutch, 1610–1680)
Formerly attributed to: Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (Dutch, 1610–1680)
about 1630
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
Overall: 28.6 × 47 cm (11 1/4 × 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in honor of Kathleen and Martin Feldstein, and in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession Number2020.402
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Together with Jan van Goyen and Pieter Molijn Pieter van Santvoort is regarded as a pioneer of a realistic style of Dutch landscape painting. Santvoort’s painting demonstrates the transition from colorful, imaginary world landscapes based on Flemish prototypes to more naturalistic tonal landscapes.
Provenance1965, private collection, Munich [see note]. May 16, 2009, anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, lot 1057. By 2018, sold by Pieter de Boer (dealer), Amsterdam, to Martin Feldstein (b. 1939 – d. 2019) and Kathleen Feldstein, Belmont, MA; 2020, sold by Kathleen Feldstein to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 2020)
NOTE: J. Nieuwstraten, “De ontwikkeling van Herman Saftlevens kunst tot 1650: Spiegel van stromingen in de Nederlandse landschapschilderkunst,” Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 16 (1965): pp. 92-93, fig. 15, as Herman Saftleven and in a private collection, Munich. The painting was falsely monogrammed “HSL” until after its sale in 2009.
NOTE: J. Nieuwstraten, “De ontwikkeling van Herman Saftlevens kunst tot 1650: Spiegel van stromingen in de Nederlandse landschapschilderkunst,” Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 16 (1965): pp. 92-93, fig. 15, as Herman Saftleven and in a private collection, Munich. The painting was falsely monogrammed “HSL” until after its sale in 2009.