A Road Bordered by Trees, a City in the Background

Hercules Segers, c. 1622 - c. 1625

Besides black (RP-P-H-OB-801), Segers also printed this vivid etching in a subtle light grey – this impression – and green (RP-P-H-OB-802).

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-803
  • Dimensionsheight 134 mm x width 99 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicslift-ground etching, traces of groove from cutting plate, small dots in sky and bitten edge around spot at top right caused by foul biting in ground, printed in grey on cream-coloured paper, covered with thin layer of glossy varnish, except at top right; brown framing line in pen, which has partially been cut