Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg, Small Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622

Kleine versie van de ruïne van de abdij van Rijnsburg.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-860
  • Dimensionsheight 96 mm x width 175 mm (trimmed outside the printed surface, except at left)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching, etching trials, spots caused by foul biting in etching ground, printed in black on linen prepared with a bluish-grey, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent, bluish-grey paint and transparent yellow paint; framing line in grey ink on bottom and right side

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-860

  • Description

    Kleine versie van de ruïne van de abdij van Rijnsburg.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 47-1(2)a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 47-1(2)a
    • Leeflang 47-1(2)a

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1618 - c. 1622

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching, etching trials, spots caused by foul biting in etching ground, printed in black on linen prepared with a bluish-grey, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent, bluish-grey paint and transparent yellow paint; framing line in grey ink on bottom and right side

  • Dimensions

    height 96 mm x width 175 mm (trimmed outside the printed surface, except at left)

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  • Subject

  • Place

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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