Lot number 55 - Auction 165
DIE VERKÜNDIGUNG AN DIE HIRTEN

ATTRIBUTED TO CORNELIS SAFTLEVEN 1607 Gorinchem - 1 June 1681 Rotterdam THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS Oil on oak panel. 61 x 76 cm (F. 83.5 x 96.5 cm). Old rest., old retouching, rest. horizontal tension cracks. Frame. Accompanied by an expert opinion by Dr Wolfgang Schulz, Berlin, dated 10 March 2003, who considers the present painting to be an autograph work by Cornelis Saftleven. Furthermore accompanied by an expert opinion by Walther Bernt from September 1976, who likewise classifies the painting as "an unquestionably characteristic and well-preserved work by the versatile Rotterdam painter Cornelius Saftleven (1607-1681)." Provenance: Kunsthandel Peyer, Haus der Kunst, Munich.