View through the Window of Segers’ House toward Noorderkerk

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1630

Through the window can be seen the new church (Noorderkerk), construction of which was completed in 1623, and houses on Noordermarkt. The landscape with many trees in the background is imaginary.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-857
  • Dimensionsheight 141 mm x width 177 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching with tone and highlights created by using crosshatching and stopping-out; etching trials; counterproof (probably) in black on linen prepared with a yellowish-white, lead-based ground

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • View through the Window of Segers’ House toward Noorderkerk
    • View through the Window of Segers’s House towards the Noorderkerk

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-H-OB-857

  • Description

    Gezicht op de Noorderkerk door het raam op de tweede of derde verdieping van Segers' huis aan de Lindengracht te Amsterdam.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Haverkamp-Begemann 41
    • Hollstein Dutch 41
    • Leeflang 41

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1622 - c. 1630

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching with tone and highlights created by using crosshatching and stopping-out; etching trials; counterproof (probably) in black on linen prepared with a yellowish-white, lead-based ground

  • Dimensions

    height 141 mm x width 177 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

Explanatory note

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  • 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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