A Road Bordered by Trees, a City in the Background

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Pad langs bosrand. In de verte een stad met twee kerktorens, dit zou Amersfoort kunnen zijn.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-802
  • Dimensionsheight 134 mm x width 102 mm (trimmed along or within the plate mark at left and bottom; remains of groove visible; trimmed within the printed surface on right and especially at top)
  • Physical characteristicslift-ground etching, traces of groove from cutting plate, small dots in sky and bitten edge around spot at top right caused by foul biting in ground, printed in green on cream-coloured paper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    A Road Bordered by Trees, a City in the Background

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-802

  • Description

    Pad langs bosrand. In de verte een stad met twee kerktorens, dit zou Amersfoort kunnen zijn.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 26-b
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 26-b
    • Hollstein Dutch 26-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

    lift-ground etching, traces of groove from cutting plate, small dots in sky and bitten edge around spot at top right caused by foul biting in ground, printed in green on cream-coloured paper

  • Dimensions

    height 134 mm x width 102 mm (trimmed along or within the plate mark at left and bottom; remains of groove visible; trimmed within the printed surface on right and especially at top)

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

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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