Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers

Hercules Segers, c. 1626 - c. 1627

From the direction of the spots it is clear that the sheet was upside down when moisture partly dissolved the paint in the sky and made it run.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-839
  • Dimensionsheight 187 mm x width 322 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, printed in blue on paper prepared with a cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent light olive, brown, opaque dark blue and orange-brown paint; impression on verso: in centre, in green ink, counterproof from printed framing line

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-839

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

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

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 blue on paper prepared with a cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent light olive, brown, opaque dark blue and orange-brown paint; impression on verso: in centre, in green ink, counterproof from printed framing line

  • Dimensions

    height 187 mm x width 322 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

This work is about

  • Subject

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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