A Rearing Horse before a Landscape

Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622

A fierce rearing horse towers above a tiny strip of landscape. Segers based this depiction of an animal – the only one he made! – on a print after a design by the Italian artist Antonio Tempesta.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-865
  • Dimensionsheight 104 mm x width 76 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, with loss of part of the image on the right only)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching, possibly a counterproof, printed in black on linen prepared with a grey, lead-based ground, fragments of printed framing line on left, top and bottom, small etched circles at top left and center, possibly remnants from rejected image

Identification

  • Title(s)

    A Rearing Horse before a Landscape

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-865

  • Description

    Steigerend paard op een heuvel, landschap in de verte. Zeer lage horizon.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 52
    • Leeflang 52
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 52

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Hercules Segers, Amsterdam (possibly)
    • after design by Hercules Segers

  • Dating

    c. 1618 - c. 1622

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching, possibly a counterproof, printed in black on linen prepared with a grey, lead-based ground, fragments of printed framing line on left, top and bottom, small etched circles at top left and center, possibly remnants from rejected image

  • Dimensions

    height 104 mm x width 76 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, with loss of part of the image on the right only)

Explanatory note

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Michiel Hinloopen (1619-1708), Amsterdam;{According to L. 11.} by whom bequeathed to the City of Amsterdam (L. 11), 1708; from which on loan to the museum (L. 2228a), since 1885

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