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The Enclosed Valley

Hercules Seghersca. 1625 - ca. 1630

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

When this etching was still wet, Segers covered it with a piece of cloth. He pulled both through the press to make a so-called counterproof. This counterproof on cloth was not preserved. The ‘blind print’, that is the imprint of the fabric in the paper, however, can be discerned in the etching.

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  • Title: The Enclosed Valley
  • Creator: Segers, Hercules
  • Date Created: ca. 1625 - ca. 1630
  • Physical Dimensions: papier
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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