Landscape with a Steep Cliff, Small Version, Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625
counterproof of lift-ground etching, printed in black on paper prepared with a bluish-grey, lead-based ground, with additions in pen and ink in the lower right corner; framing line in brown ink, h c.93mm × w c.130mm Catalogue entry
Using another impression of the adjacent etching (RP-P-1910-2012), Segers made a counterproof: while the ink was still wet he printed it on another sheet of paper prepared with a bluish grey ground. The counterproof is the reverse image of the etching.
