View of Amersfoort, Hercules Segers, c. 1625 - c. 1630
line etching and drypoint, pattern of cracks and dots in the sky, due to foul biting in the etching ground, printed in blue on paper prepared with bluish-grey, lead-based ground, h c.86mm × w c.301mm Catalogue entry
Characteristic for this print is the tremendous sense of space, in which the city is virtually subsumed in the natural surroundings. Interestingly Segers took the trouble to transfer the city profile to the etching plate in reverse. The impression thus shows the buildings in the correct direction.
