The Cascade Near the Watermill
Medium
Engraving; fourth state of five
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 5/16 in. (15 × 21.1 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
1970.599.35
Tags
Art Historical Context
Allart van Everdingen (1–1675), a prominent Dutch artist of the Golden Age, captured the raw power of nature in *The Cascade Near the Water*, an evocative engraving that showcases his fascination with Scandinavian landscapes. After traveling to Sweden and Norway in the 1640s, van Everdingen introduced rugged Nordic scenery—think thundering waterfalls and sturdy watermills—to Dutch art, blending dramatic cliffs, foaming cascades, and rustic architecture into a Baroque sense of sublime wilderness. This fourth state of five reflects the meticulous revisions printmakers made to their copper plates...
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...