The Goatherd on the Hill
Medium
Engraving; first state of two
Dimensions
Plate: 2 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (6.5 × 11.5 cm) Sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (7 × 12 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.24.7
Tags
HousesMenGoatsHillsTrees
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...