Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers, Hercules Segers, c. 1626 - c. 1627
line etching and drypoint, printed in blue on paper prepared with a cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent light olive, brown, opaque dark blue and orange-brown paint; impression on verso: in centre, in green ink, counterproof from printed framing line, h c.187mm × w c.322mm Catalogue entry
From the direction of the spots it is clear that the sheet was upside down when moisture partly dissolved the paint in the sky and made it run.
