Rocky Landscape with a Gorge, First Version, Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

Rocky Landscape with a Gorge, First Version, Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

line etching, printed in blue on paper prepared with a pink, lead-based ground; counterproof of the same print on verso, printed in blue, h c.167mm × w c.153mm Catalogue entry

Fragments of a ship can be discerned in the sky above the landscape. Segers cut the large plate with the ship into pieces and used them for three etchings of mountain landscapes.

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