Travelers in a Forest

1647

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black chalk, black and brown wash, heightened with white, black framing lines on three sides
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (28.5 × 23.4 cm)
Collection no.: 2019.276.11
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Herman Saftleven. Travelers in a Forest. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Travelers in a Forest — Herman Saftleven. 1647.

Medium: Black chalk, black and brown wash, heightened with white, black framing lines on three sides. Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (28.5 × 23.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Kenneth Grebinar, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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