The Enclosed Valley

line etching and drypoint in brown, on a light brown ground, fabric blind print, second state of four, c. 1625-1630

When this etching was still wet, Segers covered it with a piece of cloth. He pulled both through the press to make a so-called counterproof. This counterproof on cloth was not preserved. The ‘blind print’, that is the imprint of the fabric in the paper, however, can be discerned in the etching.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-813
  • Dimensionsheight 105 mm x width 187 mm
  • Physical characteristicsets en droge naald, gedrukt in bruine inkt op bruin geprepareerd papier, reliëf van linnenpatroon over gehele vel, waarschijnlijk door het maken van een tegendruk op linnen of katoen