
A Camel
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1646
- Medium
- Black chalk and brush and black wash, with touches of brown and ochre chalk, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 × 31.3 cm (8 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Cornelis Saftleven
Artist

Painting
Cornelis Saftleven was a Dutch painter who worked in a great variety of genres. Known in particular for his rural genre scenes, his range of subjects was very wide and included portraits, farmhouse interiors, rural and beach scenes, landscapes with cattle, history paintings, scenes of Hell, allegories, satires and illustrations of proverbs.
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Seated Boy with a Shawm
1665 · drawing on paper, chalk
Seated Man with a Bowl and a Spoon in his Lap
1662 · drawing on deck paint, chalk, paper
A Dog
1660 · black chalk with gray-brown wash on laid paper
Sleeping Man Leaning against a Wall, Wrapped in a Blanket
1658 · drawing on paper, chalk
Seated Girl, in Profile to the Right
1656 · drawing on graphite (mineral), paper, chalk
Standing Man Wearing a Laurel Wreath and Holding an Open Book
1652 · drawing on paper, chalk
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Cornelis Saftleven
- Year
- 1646
- Medium
- Black chalk and brush and black wash, with touches of brown and ochre chalk, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 × 31.3 cm (8 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1646-005559
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





