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A Road Bordered by Trees, a City in the Background, Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625
lift-ground etching, traces of groove from cutting plate, small dots in sky and bitten edge around spot at top right caused by foul biting in ground, printed in green on cream-coloured paper, h c.134mm × w c.102mm
Catalogue entry
lift-ground etching, traces of groove from cutting plate, small dots in sky and bitten edge around spot at top right caused by foul biting in ground, printed in green on cream-coloured paper
height c. 134 mm × width c. 102 mm (trimmed along or within the plate mark at left and bottom; remains of groove visible; trimmed within the printed surface on right and especially at top)
...; 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