Mountain Landscape with a Crest, First Version, Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Title(s)

Mountain Landscape with a Crest, First Version
Mountain Landscape with a Crest and a Forked Tree: First Version

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-OB-817

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 15-1(2)a
• Leeflang 15-1(2)a
• Haverkamp-Begemann 15-1(2)a

Description

Contre-épreuve van de eerste versie van de ets met een landschap met puntige rots en gevorkte boom.

Artist

• print maker: Hercules Segers
• after own design by: Hercules Segers

Place

Amsterdam (possibly)

Dating

c. 1622 - c. 1625

Physical features

counterproof of etching in black on linen prepared with a light brown, lead-based ground

Material

• linen (material)

Technique

counterproof / etching

Measurements

height c. 100 mm × width c. 191 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)

What

• village
• rocks

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1885

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Hercules Segers: painter, etcher, Hercules, 1589 Seghers / 1590-1637 / 1638, p. 186, cat.nr. HB 15 I a
• Hercules Segers, Hercules, 1589 Seghers / 1590-1637 / 1638, p. 74, cat.nr. 15 Ia
• Grafiek van Hercules Seghers, Jan, 1922-1995 Verbeek, p. 21, cat.nr. 26