# The Great Tree

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SEGHERS, Hercules](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Etching, 22 x 28 cm

## Commentary

Seghers led a strange, solitary life, absorbed in his researches, particularly into the technique of engraving. His romantic visions of nature may well have inspired Rembrandt, who owned some of his engravings.

## Related artworks

- [A River Valley with a Group of Houses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/a-river-valley-with-a-group-of-houses-r21a1739b59c44f>)
- [Landscape with Armed Men](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/landscape-with-armed-men-r7f82a4fd3aa155>)
- [Landscape with City on a River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/landscape-with-city-on-a-river-rbd02b9d8af30bb>)
- [Mountain Valley with Fenced Fields](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/mountain-valley-with-fenced-fields-rea27faee8cf1ed>)
- [Mountainous Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/mountainous-landscape-rec37b7c052f30d>)
- [Two Trees](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/two-trees-r9e30e2be7fedf9>)
- [View of Brussels from the North-East](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/view-of-brussels-from-the-north-east-r689528c765d8e4>)
- [View of Rhenen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/seghers-hercules-rf53ec5187f9fb6/view-of-rhenen-reb728c9097969c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)