Rocky Landscape, a Church Tower in the Distance
Hercules Segers
(Netherlandish, 1589 or 1590–after 1635, about 1638)
about 1630
Medium/TechniqueEtching and light scratching printed in blue ink on toned paper with brush-applied colors
DimensionsSheet: 5 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (13.3 x 18.7 cm)
Credit LineKate D. Griswold Fund, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund, Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund, Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard, and M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession number1973.208
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ProvenanceFriedrich August II (b. 1797 - d. 1854), King of Saxony (Lugt 971); by inheritance through the family to Johann-Georg of Saxony (b. 1868 - d. 1938), Freiburg im Breisgau. Felix Somary (b. 1881 - d. 1956), Vienna, Zurich, and Washington, DC. 1973, sold by R. M. Light and Co., Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 9, 1973)
