The Fisherman's Hut
Medium
Engraving; first state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 2 15/16 × 4 1/4 in. (7.5 × 10.8 cm) Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (8.5 × 11.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.24.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Allart van Everding (1601–1675), a prominent Dutch Golden Age artist, captured the rugged beauty of northern landscapes in *The Fisherman's Hut*, an evocative engraving from the first state of three. This intimate print (plate: 2 15/16 × 4 1/4 in.) depicts a humble fisherman's shelter amid boats and coastal buildings, evoking the stark, windswept shores Everdingen encountered during his travels to Sweden Norway in the 1640s. His works introduced Scandinavian motifs—craggy rocks, wooden huts, and hardy seafarers—to Dutch art, blending them with the dramatic realism of the Baroque era. As an en...
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...