Rocky Landscape with a Gorge, Second Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

This etching is a variant of the print, two impressions of which are on view next to it (RP-P-1951-528, RP-P-H-OB-805). In contrast to the first version, this second one displays no traces of an earlier etching or other imperfections.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-804
  • Dimensionsheight 158 mm x width 137 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)
  • Physical characteristicsregular line etching and line etching with tone and highlights created with crosshatching and by using stopping-out, printed in bluish-green on thin paper prepared with light grey, lead-based ground

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-804

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 18
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 18
    • Hollstein Dutch 18

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

    regular line etching and line etching with tone and highlights created with crosshatching and by using stopping-out, printed in bluish-green on thin paper prepared with light grey, lead-based ground

  • Dimensions

    height 158 mm x width 137 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)

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; on loan to the museum (L. 2228a), since 1885

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