Roman Ruins, a City in the Distance

Hercules Segers, c. 1615 - c. 1630

Segers etched two plates for this print. One was a tone plate with fine crosshatching, which he printed in a greyish blue. The other had the depiction of the ruins and the city, which he printed in black over the tone.

Artwork typeprint
Object numberRP-P-H-OB-858
Dimensionsheight 120 mm x width 203 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
Physical characteristicsprinted from two plates: one tone plate entirely covered with fine crosshatching in line etching printed in bluish grey and a second plate with tone and highlights using stopping-out and direct biting and a second biting with line etching, etching trials, printed in black; framing line in brown ink