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Saftleven [Zachtleven].
Dutch family of artists. Few works survive by Herman Saftleven I [not II, as in Thieme–Becker and elsewhere] (b c. 1580; d Rotterdam, 1627), a history painter and draughtsman active in Rotterdam from c. 1609. He married Lijntge Cornelisdochter Moelants (d Rotterdam, 2 Feb 1625), and three of their sons became artists: (1) Cornelis Saftleven, (2) Herman Saftleven II [not III, as in Thieme–Becker and elsewhere] and Abraham Saftleven (b Rotterdam, 1613). Cornelis and Herman the younger both grew up in Rotterdam, where they trained as painters, possibly with their father. Abraham was also a painter and the pupil of Abraham van der Linden, by whom no works are known. One of Herman II’s daughters, Sara Saftleven (b Utrecht, after 1633), also became a painter, specializing in watercolours of flowers in the manner of her father. The following members have entries:
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