Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg, Small Version, Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622

Title(s)

Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg, Small Version
Ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg from the South: Small Version

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-OB-861

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 47-1(2)b
• Leeflang 47-1(2)b
• Haverkamp-Begemann 47-1(2)b

Description

Kleine versie van de ruïne van de abdij van Rijnsburg.

Artist

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

Place

Amsterdam (possibly)

Dating

c. 1618 - c. 1622

Physical features

line etching, printed in black on linen prepared with a grey, lead-based ground

Material

• linen (material)

Technique

etching

Measurements

height c. 94 mm × width c. 162 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)

What

• ruin of church, monastery, etc.

Where

• Abdij van Rijnsburg

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1885

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Hercules Segers : painter, etcher, Hercules Seghers, Huigen Leeflang, Pieter Roelofs, p. 225, cat.nr. HB 47 I b
• Hercules Segers : the complete etchings, Karel Gerard Boon, Egbert Haverkamp Begemann, Eduard Trautscholdt, p. 91, cat.nr. 47 Ib
• Grafiek van Hercules Seghers, Karel Gerard Boon, Jan Verbeek, p. 26, cat.nr. 69