The Two Trees (An Alder and an Ash), Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

The Two Trees (An Alder and an Ash), Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

lift-ground etching, printed in green (azurite and precipitated yellow lake) on paper prepared with a light pink, lead-based ground, coloured with semi-transparent, light blue paint, h c.152mm × w c.173mm Catalogue entry

The young alder and ash shown here are among the most convincing and original renderings of trees in 17th-century art. Both species abound in the river landscapes in which Segers travelled around.

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