Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version

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Landscape with a Waterfall, Second Version

Creator

Hercules Seghers

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

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Date
c. 1625 - c. 1627
Medium
paper, varnish
Institution
Rijksmuseum

The peculiar spots in the sky are caused by false biting, which occurs when the plate is not properly covered with etching ground or stopping-out varnish. The sun-like round spot encircled by a ring of light looks surreal.

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