Renard Promises the Bear to Take Him to a Place Where He Will Find Honey from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox
1650–75
Medium
Engraving; third state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 3 11/16 × 4 3/16 in. (9.3 × 10.6 cm) Sheet: 3 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (10 × 12.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.8(9)
Tags
Art Historical Context
In this intricate engraving, Allart van Everding captures a sly moment from Hendrick van Alcmar's popular 17th-century seriesRenard the Fox*. Titled *Renard Promises the Bear Take Him to a Place He Will Find Honey*, the scene (dated 1650–75) shows the cunning fox Renard enticing the gullible bear with visions of sweetness—foreshadowing the bear's stinging betrayal by bees in the classic fable. Everdingen, a Dutch artist renowned for his rugged Nordic landscapes, demonstrates his skill in miniature storytelling through fine lines and expressive animal figures, sized at just 3 11/16 × 4 3/16 inc...
About the Artist
Allart van Everdingen · 1621–1675
Allaert van Everdingen (1621-1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker who introduced Scandinavian landscape painting to the Netherlands. Born in Alkmaar and baptized on June 18, 1621, he pioneered a distinctive genre of Nordic mountain scenery that profoundly influenced Dutch landscape painting and later inspired the Romantic movement. Van Everdingen holds a unique place in art history...