Hercules Segers
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Hercules Segers was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker renowned for his highly experimental, atmospheric landscapes and innovative etching techniques.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch Golden Age artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
atmospheric tonal effects
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imaginative landscapes ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
drypoint
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etching ⓘ experimental printing on colored paper and cloth ⓘ hand-coloring of prints ⓘ |
| collectionContainsWorks |
British Museum, London
NERFINISHED
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1589 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 1638 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Haarlem artistic milieu ⓘ |
| father | Pieter Segers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape art
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religious art ⓘ |
| influenced |
Rembrandt
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later landscape printmakers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| name | Hercules Segers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric landscapes
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experimental landscape prints ⓘ innovative etching techniques ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mountain Landscape with a Distant View
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The Mossy Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobias and the Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfKnownPaintings | fewer than 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfKnownPrintPlates | approximately 54 ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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printmaker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedPosthumouslyAs | pioneer of experimental printmaking ⓘ |
| residence |
Amsterdam
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Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signatureStyle | unique printed states and variations of the same plate ⓘ |
| spouse | Anneke van der Brugghen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Amsterdam
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Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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