Castle with Tall Towers

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Kasteel met twee hoge torens en een kleinere toren.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-854
  • Dimensionsheight 97 mm x width 132 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicslift-ground etching, dots in the sky due to foul biting in the ground, printed in black on paper prepared with a bluish-grey, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent paint in light and darker grey and light brown

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Castle with Tall Towers

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-854

  • Description

    Kasteel met twee hoge torens en een kleinere toren.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Haverkamp-Begemann 38
    • Leeflang 38
    • Hollstein Dutch 38

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1622 - c. 1625

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    lift-ground etching, dots in the sky due to foul biting in the ground, printed in black on paper prepared with a bluish-grey, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent paint in light and darker grey and light brown

  • Dimensions

    height 97 mm x width 132 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

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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