Rocky Landscape with a Tall Tower

Hercules Segers, c. 1623 - c. 1625

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-818
  • Dimensionsheight 120 mm x width 192 mm (trimmed along the plate mark at the top and within the plate mark on sides and bottom)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching, printed in greenish-blue on paper prepared with a cream-coloured ground containing lead; some plate tone; framing line in brown ink, except on right side

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Rocky Landscape with a Tall Tower
    • Rocky Landscape with a Village and a Tall Tower

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-818

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 7-1(2)a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 7-1(2)a
    • Hollstein Dutch 7-1(2)a

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Hercules Segers, Amsterdam (possibly)
    • after design by Hercules Segers

  • Dating

    c. 1623 - c. 1625

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching, printed in greenish-blue on paper prepared with a cream-coloured ground containing lead; some plate tone; framing line in brown ink, except on right side

  • Dimensions

    height 120 mm x width 192 mm (trimmed along the plate mark at the top and within the plate mark on sides and bottom)

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, since 1885

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