Ruins of Brederode Castle

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Ruins of Brederode Castle

Creator

Hercules Seghers

Dutch painter and engraver (c.1589-c.1638) · 1589–1638

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Date
c. 1618 - c. 1622
Medium
paper
Institution
Rijksmuseum

Brederode Castle, northwest of Haarlem, was founded in the 13th century. It suffered serious damage in the Eighty Years’ War. No other Dutch ruins were depicted as often by artists in the 17th century as this castle. Here Segers drew every wall and individual brick.

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