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Mountain valley with enclosed fields
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Mountain valley with enclosed fields

Hercules Segers · c. 1625 - c. 1630 · etching; intaglio printmaking technique; drypoint; paper; paint (coating)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Segers printed this nocturnal scene with a generous amount of plate tone: he did not wipe all of the ink from the etching plate. Next he overpainted the impression with blue watercolour. The valley seems bathed in the light of an invisible moon.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printlow hill countrybalustrade
Credit lineBergvallei met omheinde velden. c. 1625 - c. 1630. Hercules Segers. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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