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-H-OB-808
  • Dimensionsheight 130 mm x width 188 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except on right where a margin is visible)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching, printed in dark brown on paper prepared with a purplish-brown, lead-based ground; verso: counterproofs in same colour brown as ink on recto

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-808

  • Description

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

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

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

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, printed in dark brown on paper prepared with a purplish-brown, lead-based ground; verso: counterproofs in same colour brown as ink on recto

  • Dimensions

    height 130 mm x width 188 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except on right where a margin is visible)

This work is about

  • 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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