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(2) Herman Saftleven II
(b Rotterdam, 1609; d Utrecht, 5 Jan 1685). Painter, draughtsman and engraver, brother of (1) Cornelis Saftleven. He settled in Utrecht c. 1632 and in 1633 married Anna van Vliet. They had two sons, Dirck Saftleven (d 1679) and Herman Saftleven III (d before 1685), and two daughters, Sara (who married Jacob Adriaensz. Broers in 1671) and Levina (who married Paul Dalbach). From 1639 onwards Herman Saftleven II lived at Achter St Pieter 7, Utrecht, and in 1659 he became a citizen of the city. He recorded views of his adopted city in several drawings and etchings, for instance the Panoramic View of Utrecht (1648, B. 35; and 1669, B. 36). He several times served as head man (overman) and dean of the Guild of St Luke there. In 1662 he arranged the sale of part of the Earl of Arundel’s collection in Utrecht. A hurricane destroyed the city in 1674, and Saftleven drew many devastated houses and streets. Some eight years later, c. 1682, he sold the city a series of 22 drawings he had made of Utrecht churches before they were destroyed. About this same time (1680 and 1682–4) he was commissioned by the amateur botanist and horticulturalist Agnes Block (1629–1704) to draw flowers and plants at Vijverhof, her country estate situated on the River Vecht, near Utrecht.
Part of the Saftleven family
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