Landscape with a Steep Cliff, Small Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Using another impression of the adjacent etching (RP-P-1910-2012), Segers made a counterproof: while the ink was still wet he printed it on another sheet of paper prepared with a bluish grey ground. The counterproof is the reverse image of the etching.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-806
  • Dimensionsheight 93 mm x width 130 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)
  • Physical characteristicscounterproof of lift-ground etching, printed in black on paper prepared with a bluish-grey, lead-based ground, with additions in pen and ink in the lower right corner; framing line in brown ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-806

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 23-2(2)f
    • Leeflang 23-2(2)f
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 23-2(2)f

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Hercules Segers, Amsterdam
    • after design by Hercules Segers

  • Dating

    c. 1622 - c. 1625

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    counterproof of lift-ground etching, printed in black on paper prepared with a bluish-grey, lead-based ground, with additions in pen and ink in the lower right corner; framing line in brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 93 mm x width 130 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1874-04

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? sale, William Young Ottley (1771-1836, London); London (Sotheby's), 17 (18) May 1837 sqq., no. 203, with two other prints (HB 24b and HB 27 I g), £4:4:0; …; sale, Carel Coenraad Johannes de Ridder (1818-1871, Rotterdam and Utrecht); Rotterdam (D.A. Lamme), 9 (10) April 1874 sqq., no. 1017, fl. 75, to the museum (L. 2165), 1874

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