Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version, Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1627
line etching with tone and highlights created by means of direct etching and stopping-out, etching trials, spots caused by foul biting in etching ground, printed in black on paper prepared with a dark pink, lead-based ground, covered entirely by a layer of varnish, h c.150mm × w c.189mm Catalogue entry
The peculiar spots in the sky are caused by false biting, which occurs when the plate is not properly covered with etching ground or stopping-out varnish. The sun-like round spot encircled by a ring of light looks surreal.
