Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers

Hercules Segers, c. 1626 - c. 1627

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-836
  • Dimensionsheight 199 mm x width 323 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, printed in dark blue on paper prepared with a greyish-green, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in transparent green, transparent bluish-grey, transparent brown; framing line in brush and dark brown ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-836

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Haverkamp-Begemann 29-c
    • Hollstein Dutch 29-c
    • Leeflang 29-c

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1626 - c. 1627

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching and drypoint, printed in dark blue on paper prepared with a greyish-green, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in transparent green, transparent bluish-grey, transparent brown; framing line in brush and dark brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 199 mm x width 323 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} his daughter, Françoise Johanna Gael-van Leyden (1745-1813), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} from whom, en bloc, fl. 100,000, to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland, Amsterdam, for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (L. 240), The Hague, 1807; transferred to the museum, 1816

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