Landscape with a Steep Cliff, Large Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Segers worked up the adjacent oil sketch (RP-T-H-00-250) in two etchings, of which this is the first and largest. A few trees were added on the left. Some areas in the etching turned out somewhat coarse.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-807
  • Dimensionsheight 123 mm x width 171 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching with dots, compact shading and highlights through the use of stopping-out, printed in dark bluish-green, lead-based colour on paper, a small white spot at lower right where the ink failed to stick, fragment of printed framing line

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Landscape with a Steep Cliff, Large Version
    • Landscape with a Steep Cliff and a Stream: Large Version

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-807

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 24-a
    • Leeflang 24-a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 24-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 with dots, compact shading and highlights through the use of stopping-out, printed in dark bluish-green, lead-based colour on paper, a small white spot at lower right where the ink failed to stick, fragment of printed framing line

  • Dimensions

    height 123 mm x width 171 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)

Explanatory note

  • Volgens Hollstein en het boek "Hercules Segers : the complete etchings" (zie documentatie) is deze prent een tweede versie van het landschap met de steile rots, gedrukt van een andere plaat dan Hol 23. Volgens "Grafiek van Hercules Seghers" (zie documentatie) is het alleen een andere staat.

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  • 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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