The Draftsman at the Rock
Medium
Engraving; third state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 3 1/4 × 5 13/16 in. (8.2 × 14.8 cm) Sheet: 3 7/16 in. × 6 in. (8.8 × 15.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.24.11
Tags
Art Historical Context
Allart van Everdingen a prominent Dutch artist of the Baroque era (1621–1675), captured the rugged beauty of Nordic landscapes in *The Draftsman at Rock*. This enchanting engraving depicts a solitary male figure—a draftsman—sketching amidst dramatic trees and rocky terrain, evoking the wild Scandinavian scenery Everdingen encountered during his travels to Sweden the 1640s. His works bridged Dutch Golden Age traditions with exotic northern motifs, influencing later landscape painters like Jacob Ruisdael. Printed as the third state of four from a copper plate, this intimate engraving (plate: 3¼...
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...