View of Amersfoort

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

Characteristic for this print is the tremendous sense of space, in which the city is virtually subsumed in the natural surroundings. Interestingly Segers took the trouble to transfer the city profile to the etching plate in reverse. The impression thus shows the buildings in the correct direction.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-845
  • Dimensionsheight 86 mm x width 301 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, pattern of cracks and dots in the sky, due to foul biting in the etching ground, printed in blue on paper prepared with bluish-grey, lead-based ground

Identification

  • Title(s)

    View of Amersfoort

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-845

  • Description

    Landschap met een gezicht op Amersfoort.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 30
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 30
    • Hollstein Dutch 30

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, pattern of cracks and dots in the sky, due to foul biting in the etching ground, printed in blue on paper prepared with bluish-grey, lead-based ground

  • Dimensions

    height 86 mm x width 301 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1874

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Carel Coenraad Johannes de Ridder (1818-1871, Rotterdam and Utrecht); Rotterdam (D.A. Lamme), 9 (10) April 1874 sqq., no. 1014, fl. 125.10, to the museum (L. 2166 and 2233)

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