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Still Life with Books
Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622
While Segers’ stack of books looks unassuming enough, it is entirely original, and may even be the earliest still life in European graphic art. While still lifes frequently feature in 17th-century paintings, they are rarely found in black-and-white (in prints).
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-H-OB-867
- Dimensionsheight 93 mm x width 205 mm (trimmed outside the printed surface)
- Physical characteristicsline etching, possibly a counterproof, printed in bluish-green on cotton prepared with a cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in transparent grey, semi-transparent brown and opaque black