Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1627

The peculiar spots in the sky are caused by false biting, which occurs when the plate is not properly covered with etching ground or stopping-out varnish. The sun-like round spot encircled by a ring of light looks surreal.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-827
  • Dimensionsheight 150 mm x width 189 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching with tone and highlights created by means of direct etching and stopping-out, etching trials, spots caused by foul biting in etching ground, printed in black on paper prepared with a dark pink, lead-based ground, covered entirely by a layer of varnish

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Landscape with a Waterfall: Second Version
    • Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-827

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 22-1(4)a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 22-1(4)a
    • Leeflang 22-1(4)a

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Hercules Segers, Amsterdam (possibly)
    • after design by Hercules Segers

  • Dating

    c. 1625 - c. 1627

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching with tone and highlights created by means of direct etching and stopping-out, etching trials, spots caused by foul biting in etching ground, printed in black on paper prepared with a dark pink, lead-based ground, covered entirely by a layer of varnish

  • Dimensions

    height 150 mm x width 189 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

Explanatory note

  • Volgens Hollstein en het boek "Hercules Segers : the complete etchings" (zie documentatie) is deze prent een tweede versie van het landschap met een waterval, gedrukt van een andere plaat dan Hol 21. Volgens "Grafiek van Hercules Seghers" (zie documentatie) is het alleen een andere staat.

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} his daughter, Françoise Johanna Gael-van Leyden (1745-1813), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} from whom, en bloc, fl. 100,000, to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland, Amsterdam, for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (L. 240), The Hague, 1807; transferred to the museum, 1816

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