Rocky Landscape with a Gorge, First Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

This is a counterproof on cotton of the adjacent print (RP-P-1951-528). The rocky landscape is overpainted in oil paint, thereby rendering the fragments of the ship invisible.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-805
  • Dimensionsheight 156 mm x width 160 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicscounterproof of etching in black on cotton prepared with a brownish-yellow, lead- and oil-based ground; coloured with yellow oil paint and greyish-blue paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Rocky Landscape with a Road Bordering a Gorge: First Version
    • Rocky Landscape with a Gorge, First Version

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-805

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Haverkamp-Begemann 17-1(2)a
    • Hollstein Dutch 17-1(2)a
    • Leeflang 17-1(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

    counterproof of etching in black on cotton prepared with a brownish-yellow, lead- and oil-based ground; coloured with yellow oil paint and greyish-blue paint

  • Dimensions

    height 156 mm x width 160 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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