Lot 1080 D α

With his exceptional talent as a painter, skilful depiction of details, and highly naturalistic colour palette, Cornelis Saftleven has created a lively and life-like scene. Like a film still, the work captures the movement of the cattle in a single moment. The animals and the farmers with their farmhands, children, and dogs jostle and push in the centre of the image. As a practised animal painter, Saftleven was able to depict the cattle realistically from every angle.