# River Valley

- By: Hercules Segers (Haarlem, ca. –ca.)
- Date: c. 1626 - c. 1630
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 30 cm x width 53.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3120--dbd7892bd4210eeafdf7e69bab0219a1)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/PHqQR/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)

Segers incorporated elements from the Flemish landscape tradition, such as the high vantage point, rocky mountains, and thin painting technique with thicker accents. The way in which Segers rendered depth with colour and contrasts of light and dark is reminiscent of Pieter Bruegel and his followers.