The Bear with His Snout and Forepaws Caught in the Trunk of a Tree from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox
mid-17th century
Medium
Mezzotint; second state of five
Dimensions
Trimmed to platemark 3 7/8 x 4 9/16 in. (9.8 x 11.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Rogers Fund, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and Gift of Henry Walters, by exchange, 1970
Accession Number
1970.599.41
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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...