View of Wageningen, Hercules Segers, c. 1628 - c. 1630

View of Wageningen, Hercules Segers, c. 1628 - c. 1630

line etching and drypoint, printed in dark green on paper prepared with a light green, lead-based ground, coloured with paint in semi-transparent, glossy red, semi-transparent blue, transparent dark green, semi-transparent greyish-brown, opaque purple and opaque blue; framing line in brown ink, h c.84mm × w c.296mm Catalogue entry

The print shows Wageningen in reverse and so it was probably made after the painting (National Galleries of Scotland, NG2800). At the left Segers added mountains that do not in fact exist.

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