The Enclosed Valley

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-814
  • Dimensionsheight 110 mm x width 183 mm (trimmed along plate mark, on left within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, printed in blue on paper prepared with cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in transparent greyish-brown, transparent dark brown and somewhat opaque purplish-white; printed framing line in greenish-blue ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Enclosed Valley

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-814

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 13-2(4)n
    • Hollstein Dutch 13-3(4)q
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 13-3(4)q

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 and drypoint, printed in blue on paper prepared with cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in transparent greyish-brown, transparent dark brown and somewhat opaque purplish-white; printed framing line in greenish-blue ink

  • Dimensions

    height 110 mm x width 183 mm (trimmed along plate mark, on left within the printed surface)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1874-04-09

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Carel Coenraad Johannes de Ridder (1818-1871, Rotterdam and Utrecht); Rotterdam (D.A. Lamme), 9 April 1874 sqq., no. 1018, fl. 71, to the museum (L. 2166 and 2233), 1874

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