Rocky Landscape with a Road and a River

line etching, second state of two, c. 1622-1625

Segers first applied a network of intersecting lines. He covered the areas that had to remain white with so-called ‘stopping-out varnish’. Segers simply left the coarse crosshatching and the foul bitten spots in the sky because they would be covered when he overpainted the impression.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-833
  • Dimensionsheight 163 mm x width 246 mm
  • Physical characteristicslijnets met toon en hooglichten door middel van kruisarceringen en gebruik stopgrond, etsproeven, vlekken veroorzaakt door wegvallen etsgrond, gedrukt in zwart op papier