Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Segers here again used a plate he had already printed. He did not re-ink the plate, but used oil instead. Normally, this kind of impression served to clean the plate. The oil turned brown later.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-809
  • Dimensionsheight 113 mm x width 182 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching, maculature with oil (that has turned brown) and remains of ink on cream-coloured paper, printing folds top left

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-809

  • Description

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

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 27-1(3)b
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 27-1(3)b
    • Hollstein Dutch 27-1(3)b

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, maculature with oil (that has turned brown) and remains of ink on cream-coloured paper, printing folds top left

  • Dimensions

    height 113 mm x width 182 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1874-04-09

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Carel Coenraad Johannes de Ridder (1818-1871, Rotterdam and Utrecht); Rotterdam (D.A. Lamme), 9 April 1874 sqq., no. 1016, fl. 80, to the museum (L. 2165)

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