
A Forest Interior, with a Seated Figure
Herman Saftleven · n.d.
Provenance
Ownership history
- [Two unidentified collector’s marks, verso]. Professor Einar Perman, Stockholm. Alfred Brod Gallery, London, by Jan. 1965 [London 1965]. Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, by Dec. 1966 [Amsterdam 1966]; sold to Frans C. (known as F.C.) Butôt (1902–1992), Amsterdam; sold, Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, Nov. 16, 1993, lot 95, to a private collector; sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 7, 2011, lot 75, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- London, Alfred Brod Gallery, Old Master Dawings, Jan. 28–Feb. 20, 1965, cat. 92 (illus.).
- Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, Vijf Eeuwen Schilderijen, Aquarellen en Tekeningen, winter. 1966, n.p., cat. 48 (ill.).
- Salzburg, Museumpavillon in Mirabellgarten, July 12–Sept. 12, 1972; Niederländische Kunst aus dem Goldenen Jahrhundert: Gemälde und Zeichnungen im Umkreis grosser Meister aus der Sammlung F. C. Butôt, 118–19 (ill.); also Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Nov. 26, 1972–Jan. 14, 1973.
- Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Hollandse en Vlaamse Kunst uit de 17e eeuw, Feb. 16 –Apr. 1, 1973, 120–21 (ill.).
- Munich, Sotheby's, A Selection of Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of F.C. Butôt, June 1989, no cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, Mar. 15–June 15, 2014, no cat.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 259, 261 (ill.), 262, 315, cat. 106, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
Literature
Published references
- Laurens J. Bol and George S. Keyes, Netherlandish Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of F.C. Butôt, (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), p. 26, pp. 140–41, cat. 53 (ill.).
- W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven, Berlin/New York 1982, p. 419, cat. 1143, fig. 106.
- I. Fechter, “Munich: Die Sammlung F. C. Butôt,” Weltkunst 59, no. 12 (June 15, 1989): 1768.
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