(b Gorinchem, 1607; bur Rotterdam, 5 June 1681). Painter and draughtsman. After training as a painter in Rotterdam, he may have visited Antwerp c. 1632–4. From c. 1634 he was in Utrecht, where his brother (2) Herman the younger had settled, and they collaborated on a portrait of Godard van Reede and his Family (1634–5; Maarssen, Slot Zuylen). In 1637 Cornelis was back in Rotterdam, where in 1648 he married Catharina van der Heyden (d Rotterdam, 1654). The year after her death, he married Elisabeth van der Avondt. He became dean of the Guild of St Luke in Rotterdam in 1667.

Part of the Saftleven family

• Saftleven, Cornelis
  • Rotterdam, §2: Art life and organization
  • Saftleven
  • collaboration
    • Saftleven: (2) Herman Saftleven II, §1: Paintings
  • patrons and collectors
    • Clerk: (2) John Clerk, 2nd Baronet of Penicuik
    • Scriverius, Petrus
  • pupils
    • Hondius, Abraham
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Goes, Marinus Robyn van der
  • works
    • Saftleven: (1) Cornelis Saftleven, §1: Paintings