A Skull

Hercules Segers, c. 1615 - c. 1630

The meticulousness with which the old, battered skull is depicted with a muddle of scratches suggests that Segers was here working ‘from life.’ The skull that served as the model is different to the one in the adjacent painting (Welch Family Private Collection, United States).

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-866
  • Dimensionsheight 74 mm x width 106 mm (trimmed outside the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching, possibly a counterproof, printed in black on cotton prepared with a grey, lead-based ground, fragments of printed framing line top and bottom

Identification

  • Title(s)

    A Skull

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-866

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 53
    • Leeflang 53
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 53

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1615 - c. 1630

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching, possibly a counterproof, printed in black on cotton prepared with a grey, lead-based ground, fragments of printed framing line top and bottom

  • Dimensions

    height 74 mm x width 106 mm (trimmed outside the printed surface)

Explanatory note

  • unicum

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 (L. 2228a), since 1885

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