# The Two Trees (An Alder and an Ash)

- By: Hercules Segers (Haarlem, ca. –ca.)
- Date: c. 1625 - c. 1630
- Medium: paper
- Classification: print
- Dimensions: height 152 mm x width 173 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top; especially on left where strip several centimetres wide seems to be missing)
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-P-H-OB-848--15fdf4a38f2d2bb2c590a42cf94e5762)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/ommjv/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The young alder and ash shown here are among the most convincing and original renderings of trees in 17th-century art. Both species abound in the river landscapes in which Segers travelled around.