Mountain Landscape with a Crest, Second Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

This etching is a variant of the adjacent ones (RP-P-H-OB-817, RP-P-H-OB-815). Segers used this plate only for impressions in light ink on a dark ground. The lighter passages, namely, are printed. The dark lines are reserved and show the dark underground.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-816
  • Dimensionsheight 102 mm x width 180 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching with lines left blank intended specifically for printing in light-coloured ink on a darker surface, printed in light blue on paper prepared with a dark greyish-brown, lead-based ground, coloured with yellowish-green paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Mountain Landscape with a Crest, Second Version
    • Mountain Landscape with a Crest and a Forked Tree: Second Version

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-816

  • Description

    Negatieve druk, tweede versie van het landschap met puntige rots en gevorkte boom.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 16
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 16
    • Hollstein Dutch 16

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 lines left blank intended specifically for printing in light-coloured ink on a darker surface, printed in light blue on paper prepared with a dark greyish-brown, lead-based ground, coloured with yellowish-green paint

  • Dimensions

    height 102 mm x width 180 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

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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