Mountain Valley with a Plateau

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-1961-868
  • Dimensionsheight 135 mm x width 188 mm (trimmed within the plate mark on left and right and probably at top; along the plate mark at bottom)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, with plate tone, fragments of printed framing line along the bottom, right and centre, printed in blue on paper prepared with a pink, lead-based ground; on the verso fragment of a counterproof of a print printed in blue at top left

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mountain Valley with a Plateau

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-1961-868

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 10-1(2)a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 10-1(2)a
    • Hollstein Dutch 10-1(2)a

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, with plate tone, fragments of printed framing line along the bottom, right and centre, printed in blue on paper prepared with a pink, lead-based ground; on the verso fragment of a counterproof of a print printed in blue at top left

  • Dimensions

    height 135 mm x width 188 mm (trimmed within the plate mark on left and right and probably at top; along the plate mark at bottom)


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  • Subject


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1961

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; sale, 'The Property of Charles E. Bingley, Esq.' et al. [Section 'The Property of a Lady'], London (Sotheby’s), 10 December 1930, no. 4, GBP 760, to the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi, London; Isaäc de Bruijn (1872-1953) and his wife, Johanna Geertruida de Bruijn-van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Muri; by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. 2228a), 1961


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