Sea Piece with Three Figures to the Right
Medium
Engraving; first state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 2 13/16 × 4 1/4 in. (7.2 × 10.8 cm) Sheet: 3 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (8 × 11.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.24.2
Tags
TreesBoatsHuman Figures
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...