Landschap met een zwaan aan een waterkant 1666

"Landschap met een zwaan aan een waterkant" (Landscape with a Swan by a Water's Edge), a 1666 drawing by Dutch artist Cornelis Saftleven, depicts three swans in a natural setting. The foreground features a large swan standing on the edge of a body of water, while two smaller swans swim in the distance. Saftleven's meticulous attention to detail is evident in the realistic depiction of the swans' plumage and the subtle rendering of the landscape. The drawing exemplifies the artist's mastery of the Dutch Golden Age tradition of naturalism and his fascination with the beauty of the natural world.