Rocky Landscape with a Gorge, Second Version

Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630

This etching is a variant of the print, two impressions of which are on view next to it (RP-P-1951-528, RP-P-H-OB-805). In contrast to the first version, this second one displays no traces of an earlier etching or other imperfections.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-H-OB-804
  • Dimensionsheight 158 mm x width 137 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top)
  • Physical characteristicsregular line etching and line etching with tone and highlights created with crosshatching and by using stopping-out, printed in bluish-green on thin paper prepared with light grey, lead-based ground