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The Two Trees (An Alder and an Ash)
Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630
The young alder and ash shown here are among the most convincing and original renderings of trees in 17th-century art. Both species abound in the river landscapes in which Segers travelled around.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-H-OB-848
- Dimensionsheight 152 mm x width 173 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top; especially on left where strip several centimetres wide seems to be missing)
- Physical characteristicslift-ground etching, printed in green (azurite and precipitated yellow lake) on paper prepared with a light pink, lead-based ground, coloured with semi-transparent, light blue paint