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Mountain Valley with a Plateau

ca. 1625–30
Not on view
Segers, one of the most idiosyncratic printmakers of the seventeenth century, employed traditional techniques towards expressive ends. He worked on each impression of a print as though he were creating a unique painting. He printed this etching in colored inks on paper that was already colored and subsequently painted the printed impression by hand. Such original techniques influenced his compatriot Rembrandt van Rijn.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mountain Valley with a Plateau
  • Artist: Hercules Segers (Dutch, ca. 1590–ca. 1638)
  • Date: ca. 1625–30
  • Medium: Line etching, drypoint, and metal punch printed in blue-green, on a yellow-green ground, colored with brush; second state of two
  • Dimensions: sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/16 in. (10.5 x 13.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
  • Object Number: 23.57.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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The Enclosed Valley, Hercules Segers Dutch, Line etching and drypoint printed in dark green, on green paint; second state of four
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Small Wooded Landscape with a Road and a House, Hercules Segers Dutch, Line etching printed on linen with a dark yellow ground
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Ruins Surrounded by Trees, Hercules Segers Dutch, Line etching printed in black
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Ruins Surrounded by Trees
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Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches, Hercules Segers Dutch, Line etching and drypoint printed in blue, on a purple-gray ground, colored with brush; second state of three
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Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches
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ca. 1622-25

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