Mountain Valley with Fenced Fields

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

Segers printed this nocturnal scene with a generous amount of plate tone: he did not wipe all of the ink from the etching plate. Next he overpainted the impression with blue watercolour. The valley seems bathed in the light of an invisible moon.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-841
  • Dimensionsheight 250 mm x width 401 mm (trimmed within the plate mark, approx. 25 mm in total from top and bottom and 100 mm in total from left and right)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, an etched horizontal framing line in margin at bottom, printed in blue on paper, with a great deal of plate tone, sky painted with brushstrokes of transparent blue paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mountain Valley with Fenced Fields

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-841

  • Description

    Heuvelig landschap met omheinde velden, rechts een houten balustrade.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Haverkamp-Begemann 6-2(2)e
    • Hollstein Dutch 6-2(2)e
    • Leeflang 6-2(2)e

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1625 - c. 1630

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching and drypoint, an etched horizontal framing line in margin at bottom, printed in blue on paper, with a great deal of plate tone, sky painted with brushstrokes of transparent blue paint

  • Dimensions

    height 250 mm x width 401 mm (trimmed within the plate mark, approx. 25 mm in total from top and bottom and 100 mm in total from left and right)

This work is about

  • 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), 1816

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