The Large Rock
mid-17th century
Medium
Etching; fourth state of four
Dimensions
plate: 4 1/16 x 4 3/8 in. (10.3 x 11.1 cm) sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (13 x 18.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary G. Seiler, 2009
Accession Number
2009.302.3
Tags
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...