Hercules Segers - Roman Ruins, a City in the Distance

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Hercules Segers - Roman Ruins, a City in the Distance

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Segers etched two plates for this print. One was a tone plate with fine crosshatching, which he printed in a greyish blue. The other had the depiction of the ruins and the city, which he printed in black over the tone.

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printed from two plates one tone plate entirely covered with fine crosshatching in line etching printed in bluish grey and a second plate with tone and highlights using stopping out and direct biting and a second biting with line etching etching trials printed in black framing line in brown ink

hercules segers

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1615 - 1630

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Rijksmuseum

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https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/

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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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printed from two plates one tone plate entirely covered with fine crosshatching in line etching printed in bluish grey and a second plate with tone and highlights using stopping out and direct biting and a second biting with line etching etching trials printed in black framing line in brown ink

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