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Cornelis Saftleven

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Painting of animals dressed as scholars in a ruined hall, with a goat lecturing, a cat with a quill, and a skeleton on a pill

College of Animals

1655

Heads of Sheep

1607

Painting of a pastoral landscape with a shepherd piping, cattle, sheep, ducks, roosters and a goat by a pond under a cloudy s

Landschap met dieren

1652

Painting of an angel appearing in clouds to kneeling shepherds, with sheep, goats and a dog in a stormy landscape.

The annunciation to the shepherd

1630

Painting of a bearded man seated among many animals, an elephant and lion, with a fiery hellscape visible at right.

Satire op de berechting van Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

1663

Interior of a Kitchen

Interior of a Kitchen

1622-1681

Night scene of flying witches, demons, and a sorcerer with candles and a pentagram above a town with a dragon-topped tower.

The Vision of the Sunday Child

1660

Dark painting of a witch riding a white goat at left, surrounded by leaping demonic figures, a black dog, and a toad.

A Witches' Sabbath

c. 1650

Painting of men drinking and playing music outside a rustic tavern, with dogs, a cat, and a goat, and a cart in the distance.

Gezelschap voor een dorpsherberg

1642

Painting of a tavern scene where a surgeon in a gold coat treats a seated patient's shoulder while onlookers drink and smoke.

Die Schulteroperation

1636

Oil painting of a naked, emaciated man on straw tormented by winged demons, with a burning city in the distance.

Hiob, von bösen Geistern geplagt

1631

Painting of villagers drinking, playing cards and violin outside a ruined inn, with dogs, a cat and a goat in the foreground.

Figures before a Village Inn

1642

Painting of an angel appearing in clouds to kneeling shepherds with sheep and goats in a dark landscape.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

1655

Oil painting of a herdsman with cattle, sheep, a goat, ducks and a rooster beside a pond under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Herdsman, Cattle and Poultry

1652

Painting of a seated man in dark robes surrounded by animals including an elephant, lion, and donkey playing violin, with a f

Satire on the Trial of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

1663

Painting of two pigs lying on a brick floor in a stable-like interior, one dark and one pale, with a wooden beam above.

Two Pigs

1657

Tavern scene with a bagpiper, a woman in a white headcloth, and men at a table, with an egg on the floor.

The egg dance

1637

Interior scene of animal-headed figures at a notary's counter, with a scribe writing, hanging meats and scattered papers.

Satire on Litigious Farmers

1629

Painting of a dim tavern with a bagpipe player, an old woman, a smoking man at a table, and a standing man by a barrel.

Scene in a tavern

1637

Painting of herdsmen and cattle resting in a pastoral landscape beneath a large tree, with a distant town and warm sky.

Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle

1660

Job seated on a dunghill among ruins, with his wife gesturing at left and three bearded friends at right under a stormy sky.

Job seated on a dunghill between his wife and his three friends (Job 1-42)

1650

Dim barn interior with kitchen utensils, barrels and jugs in front, a woman and child working by a tub at right.

A barn interior with a still life with kitchen utensils in the foreground, together with a woman and a child preparin…

1630

Drawing of a snarling lion stepping forward with lowered head, raised tail and shaded mane, in brown wash and chalk.

Lion

c. 1620 - c. 1630

Ink and watercolor drawing of a brown horse with lowered head standing on a mound among grass, dated 1655.

Horse Standing on a Mound

1655

Watercolor drawing of a vaulted cellar with owls, roosters, bats, mice, a monkey in red, and a hooded figure at a curtain.

An Enchanted Cellar with Animals

about 1655-1670

Pencil drawing of a crowd of grotesque demons with horned heads, twisted bodies and a dog-like creature in the foreground.

Group of Demons

1617

Black and white chalk drawing of a man in a hat wrapped in a cloak, reclining against a wall on grey paper.

Sleeping Man Leaning against a Wall, Wrapped in a Blanket

1658

Drawing of a man in a hat reclining on the ground with his head on a sack, with grass tufts behind him.

Reclining Man, Resting his Head on a Sack

1658

Drawing of a nighttime crowd with torches, a lantern, dancing figures, dogs and a tent, in brown wash and white highlights.

Shrove Tuesday

1617

Gray and orange wash drawing of a two-humped camel standing in a hilly landscape with birds overhead.

A Camel

1646