The Entrance Gate of the Ruins of Brederode Castle

Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622

Segers depicted Brederode Castle’s east gate meticulously and close-up. He accentuated various architectural elements with light and dark grey paint and the highlights with yellowish white oil paint.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-856
  • Dimensionsheight 185 mm x width 123 mm (trimmed within the printed surface on left and at bottom only)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching, counterproof (probably), printed in black on linen prepared with a grey, lead-based ground, highlighted with yellowish-white oil paint, coloured with transparent paint in light and dark grey

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • The Entrance Gate of the Ruins of Brederode Castle from the East
    • The Entrance Gate of the Ruins of Brederode Castle

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-856

  • Description

    Doorkijk door de half ingestorte poort van de ruïne van kasteel Brederode bij Haarlem.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 40
    • Leeflang 40
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 40

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, counterproof (probably), printed in black on linen prepared with a grey, lead-based ground, highlighted with yellowish-white oil paint, coloured with transparent paint in light and dark grey

  • Dimensions

    height 185 mm x width 123 mm (trimmed within the printed surface on left and at bottom only)

Explanatory note

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  • Subject

  • Place

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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