The Hercules Seghers UniverseDiscover Hercules Seghers, inventor of rocky landscapes and unique colorful prints, whose imaginary valleys, trees and horizons transform the Dutch landscape into mental territory.
Around 1589/90 -1633/40Artist's life
Haarlem, Amsterdam, Utrecht and The HagueMain homes
Oil, etching, drypoint, colored printing, prepared paper and textilePractical
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Around 1589/90 -1633/40 · Visionary landscape and experimental print
Discover Hercules Seghers, inventor of rocky landscapes and unique colorful prints, whose imaginary valleys, trees and horizons transform the Dutch landscape into mental territory.
Probably born in Haarlem around 1589 or 1590 into a family from Ghent, Hercules Seghers learned painting in Amsterdam from the Flemish landscaper Gillis van Coninxloo. Received at the guild of Saint Luke of Haarlem in 1612, he quickly returned to Amsterdam, where in 1619 he bought a large house on the Lindengracht. His paintings and engravings deviate deeply from the descriptive Dutch landscape. His paintings and engravings deviate profoundly from the descriptive Dutch landscape. His paintings and engravings deviate deeply from the descriptive Dutch landscape. Steep mountains, deserted valleys, isolated trees and distant architecture make up spaces that seem both observed and impossible. Seghers experiments especially with etching: colored prepared papers, textile prints, varied inks, brush highlights and drypoint retouching makes each print almost unique. The Rijksmuseum today lists 182 known prints taken from 53 plates, a rarity which measures both the fragility of the work and its audacity. His financial situation deteriorated at the end of the 1620s; he left Amsterdam for Utrecht then The Hague, where the last documentary traces date from 1633. Rembrandt owned several of his works, took one of his plates and clearly admired his freedom. Died on an unknown date between 1633 and 1640, Seghers appeared today as one of the most modern experimenters of the 17th century. The "Hercules Seghers" selection offers its own journey on this subject. His reading favors figures.
Seghers prints less a place than a possibility: same plate, other paper, other color, and the landscape begins again like a new world.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Probably born in Haarlem around 1589 or 1590 into a family from Ghent, Hercules Seghers learned painting in Amsterdam from the Flemish landscaper Gillis van Coninxloo. Received at the guild of Saint Luke of Haarlem in 1612, he quickly returned to Amsterdam, where in 1619 he bought a large house on the Lindengracht. His paintings and engravings deviate deeply from the descriptive Dutch landscape. His paintings and engravings deviate profoundly from the descriptive Dutch landscape. His paintings and engravings deviate deeply from the descriptive Dutch landscape. Steep mountains, deserted valleys, isolated trees and distant architecture make up spaces that seem both observed and impossible. Seghers experiments especially with etching: colored prepared papers, textile prints, varied inks, brush highlights and drypoint retouching makes each print almost unique. The Rijksmuseum today lists 182 known prints taken from 53 plates, a rarity which measures both the fragility of the work and its audacity. His financial situation deteriorated at the end of the 1620s; he left Amsterdam for Utrecht then The Hague, where the last documentary traces date from 1633. Rembrandt owned several of his works, took one of his plates and clearly admired his freedom. Died on an unknown date between 1633 and 1640, Seghers appeared today as one of the most modern experimenters of the 17th century.
Haarlem, Amsterdam and Van Coninxloo
The Flemish landscape tradition provides the vocabulary that Seghers will transform. This milestone sheds light on the "Hercules Seghers" collection by favoring figures.
House-workshop and experimental prints
Plates, supports and colors produce deliberately different prints.
Departure, disappearance and inheritance
Utrecht, The Hague then the silence of the archives precede Rembrandt's admiration.
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Rock
Cliffs and mountains fragment space into strange and silent masses. This line guides a reading of "Hercules Seghers" centered on the figures.
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Color
Inks and foundations vary the time, season and material of the same pattern.
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Imprint
Each print receives alterations and accidents which give it an individual character.
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Distance
A tiny walker measures the immensity of an almost unreal territory.
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Six readings specific to Hercules Seghers
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a route exclusively devoted to Hercules Seghers.
Valley01
Crossing the unknown
River, road and mountains open a journey without a certain destination.
For space. Reading "Hercules Seghers" by the figures.Mountain02
See invention
The imaginary relief brings together observations, memories and engraved motifs.
For dizzinessTree03
Isolate a presence
Gnarled trunk and branches become the protagonists of the landscape.
For silenceStamp04
Compare states
Two prints of the same plate may appear to be two different works.
To understandRembrandt05
Follow inheritance
Collection and reuse of a plaque demonstrate exceptional admiration.
For historyFormat06
Preserve horizon
A medium horizontal retains the amplitude of rocks and distances.
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How to restore the figures in a reproduction of Hercules Seghers?
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Are the reproductions hand painted?
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