Mountain Valley, at the Right a Man Carrying a Stick

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

The areas of shadow in drypoint in the first state (Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, 245679) were worn and replaced with stipples. They were pricked directly in the plate with a punch (a steel tool).

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-820
  • Dimensionsheight 143 mm x width 199 mm (trimmed outside the plate mark)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, etched framing line at top and bottom, printed in green on paper prepared with a yellow, lead-based ground, painted over with a thin transparent greyish-green paint; printed framing line

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mountain Valley, at the Right a Man Carrying a Stick

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-820

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 9-2(2)b
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 9-2b
    • Leeflang 9-2(2)b

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1625 - c. 1630

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching and drypoint, etched framing line at top and bottom, printed in green on paper prepared with a yellow, lead-based ground, painted over with a thin transparent greyish-green paint; printed framing line

  • Dimensions

    height 143 mm x width 199 mm (trimmed outside the plate mark)

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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 (L. 2228a)

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