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The Lamentation of Christ
Hercules Segers, c. 1630 - c. 1633
Segers overpainted an impression in blue of the same etching on view here (RP-P-OB-797) with body colour and oil paint. He overpainted no other print with so many different colours.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-798
- Dimensionsheight 162 mm x width 159 mm (trimmed within the plate mark)
- Physical characteristicsline etching with tone and highlights created by using crosshatching and stopping-out, printed in blue on paper prepared with a ground containing lead, coloured with oil paint and gouache in yellow, yellowish-brown, yellowish-green, dark green, light green, dark blue, light pink, purple and light blue, framing line in brown ink