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Valley with a River and a Town with Four Towers
Hercules Segers, c. 1626 - c. 1627
From the direction of the spots it is clear that the sheet was upside down when moisture partly dissolved the paint in the sky and made it run.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-H-OB-839
- Dimensionsheight 187 mm x width 322 mm (trimmed within the printed surface)
- Physical characteristicsline etching and drypoint, printed in blue on paper prepared with a cream-coloured, lead-based ground, coloured with transparent light olive, brown, opaque dark blue and orange-brown paint; impression on verso: in centre, in green ink, counterproof from printed framing line