The Large Rock at the River
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and mezzotint; fourth state of five
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 5 3/16 in. (10 × 13.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.56.11
Tags
Art Historical Context
Allart van Everdingen a prominent 17th-century Dutch of the Golden Age, captured the wild beauty of Scandinavian landscapes in *The Large Rock at the*. After traveling to Sweden and Norway in 1640s, Everdingen introduced rugged Nordic scenery—towering rocks, rushing waters, and dense trees—to Dutch art, inspiring later masters like Jacob van Ruisdael. This intimate etching depicts a dramatic riverside scene, evoking the untamed power of nature with a massive boulder dominating the composition amid flowing water and foliage. Printed in etching, drypoint, and mezzotint—this fourth state of five...
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...