The Entrance Gate of the Ruins of Brederode Castle, Hercules Segers, c. 1618 - c. 1622

Title(s)

The Entrance Gate of the Ruins of Brederode Castle
The Entrance Gate of the Ruins of Brederode Castle from the East

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-OB-856

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 40
• Leeflang 40
• Haverkamp-Begemann 40

Description

Doorkijk door de half ingestorte poort van de ruïne van kasteel Brederode bij Haarlem.

Artist

• print maker: Hercules Segers
• after own design by: Hercules Segers

Place

Amsterdam (possibly)

Dating

c. 1618 - c. 1622

Physical features

line etching, counterproof (probably), printed in black on linen prepared with a grey, lead-based ground, highlighted with yellowish-white oil paint, coloured with transparent paint in light and dark grey

Material

• linen (material)
• paint (coating)

Technique

etching

Measurements

height c. 185 mm × width c. 123 mm (trimmed within the printed surface on left and at bottom only)

What

• castle
• gate, entrance
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Ruïne van Kasteel Brederode

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1885

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Hercules Segers : painter, etcher, Hercules Seghers, Huigen Leeflang, Pieter Roelofs, p. 222, cat.nr. HB 40
• Hercules Segers : the complete etchings, Karel Gerard Boon, Egbert Haverkamp Begemann, Eduard Trautscholdt, p. 87, cat.nr. 40
• Grafiek van Hercules Seghers, Karel Gerard Boon, Jan Verbeek, p. 25, cat.nr. 64