Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg, Large Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

Here the rocks are painted red and the sky blue. The interplay of the printed yellowish white lines and the overpainting yielded a hybrid artwork, a cross between a painting and a print. The varnish was applied later and has browned in the course of time.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-862
  • Dimensionsheight 193 mm x width 315 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching with tone and highlights created by the use of crosshatching and stopping-out with lines left blank, intended specifically for printing in light-coloured ink on a darker surface, printed in yellowish white (lead-tin yellow) on paper prepared with a black ground, coloured with opaque blue paint and opaque red paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg, Large Version
    • Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg from the South: Large Version

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-862

  • Description

    Grote versie van de ruïne van de abdij van Rijnsburg. Staand bij de ruïne een man en een aantal schapen.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 46-a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 46-a
    • Leeflang 46-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

    line etching with tone and highlights created by the use of crosshatching and stopping-out with lines left blank, intended specifically for printing in light-coloured ink on a darker surface, printed in yellowish white (lead-tin yellow) on paper prepared with a black ground, coloured with opaque blue paint and opaque red paint

  • Dimensions

    height 193 mm x width 315 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} his daughter, Françoise Johanna Gael-van Leyden (1745-1813), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} from whom, en bloc, fl. 100,000, to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland, Amsterdam, for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (L. 240), The Hague, 1807; transferred to the museum, 1816

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