The Sportsman near the Large Tree
Medium
Engraving; fifth state of five
Dimensions
Plate: 4 × 5 1/4 in. (10.1 × 13.4 cm) Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 13/16 in. (11.1 × 14.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.96
Tags
Art Historical Context
Allart van Everdingen, a prominent 17th-century Dutch artist of the Baroque period, captures the rugged beauty of nature in *The Sportsman near the Large Tree*, an exquisite engraving from the fifth and final state of five. This small-scale print (plate: 4 × 5¼ in.) depicts a lone figure—a sportsman, likely a hunter—standing beside a towering tree, evoking the dramatic Scandinavian landscapes that profoundly influenced Everdingen's work after his travels to Sweden and Norway in the 1640s. His exposure to Nordic scenery introduced a wild, atmospheric quality to Dutch art, blending intricate nat...
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...