Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Uitgestrekt fantasielandschap met rechts heuvels en op de voorgrond een sparretak.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-811
  • Dimensionsheight 136 mm x width 184 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except on left and at top)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, printed in blue on paper prepared with light brown, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in dark green and greyish blue, covered with a layer of varnish

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-811

  • Description

    Uitgestrekt fantasielandschap met rechts heuvels en op de voorgrond een sparretak.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Haverkamp-Begemann 27-2(3)p
    • Hollstein Dutch 27-2(3)p
    • Leeflang 27-2(3)p

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

    line etching and drypoint, printed in blue on paper prepared with light brown, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in dark green and greyish blue, covered with a layer of varnish

  • Dimensions

    height 136 mm x width 184 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except on left and at top)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} his daughter, Françoise Johanna Gael-van Leyden (1745-1813), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} from whom, en bloc, fl. 100,000, to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland, Amsterdam, for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (L. 240), The Hague, 1807; transferred to the museum, 1816

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