About Sara Saftleven
Lived 1645 – 1702 (aged 56–57). Sara Saftleven was a Dutch painter.
Sara Saftleven (1645 – 1702), was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter.
Biography She was born in Utrecht as the daughter of the landscape painter Herman Saftleven, who taught her to paint. She first married Jacob Adriaensz Broers in 1671 who died 6 years later. She had no known children and her flower still lifes are no longer known, though two drawings are in the print cabinet of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. She died in Naarden.
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Who was Sara Saftleven?
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1645–1702)
When was Sara Saftleven born?
Sara Saftleven was born in 1645 in Utrecht.
When did Sara Saftleven die?
Sara Saftleven died in 1702 in Naarden.
What was Sara Saftleven's occupation?
Sara Saftleven was a painter.
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Sara Saftleven was Dutch.
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