Ruins of Brederode Castle

Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622

Brederode Castle, northwest of Haarlem, was founded in the 13th century. It suffered serious damage in the Eighty Years’ War. No other Dutch ruins were depicted as often by artists in the 17th century as this castle. Here Segers drew every wall and individual brick.

Artwork typeprint
Object numberRP-P-H-OB-855
Dimensionsheight 100 mm x width 133 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, just within or along the plate mark, except on sides)
Physical characteristicsline etching, bricks drawn with point of the etching needle along right edge (not bitten), etching trials at top left and lower right, printed in black on white paper