Roeiboot bij de doorgang in de rots
Allaert van Everdingen
1631 - 1675
Medium
etching
Dimensions
99; 147
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
**Roeiboot bij de doorgang in de rots** (Rowboat at the Passage in the Rock) is a captivating etching by Allaert van Everdingen, a prominent Dutch artist active during the Golden Age (1621–1675). Created sometime between 1631 and 1675, this intimate print measures just 99 × 147 mm, inviting close contemplation. Van Everdingen, inspired by his travels to Sweden and Norway in the 1640s, pioneered the introduction of rugged Nordic landscapes into Dutch art, blending dramatic rocky formations and watery scenes with a sense of wild, untamed nature. Rendered in etching—a technique van Everdingen ma...