SEGHERS, Hercules
(b. ca. 1590, Haarlem, d. ca. 1638, The Hague)

View of Rhenen

1625-30
Oil on oak, 43 x 67 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Hercules Seghers was a gifted contemporary of Rembrandt. His view of Rhenen demonstrates a low horizon and incipient drama that, along with Seghers's unique etching style, were very well known to Rembrandt. Both artists' landscapes seem far more than just what meets the eye, becoming transcendental visions reflecting eternity and mutability alike.