The Horseman on the Stone Bridge
Medium
Engraving; second state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 2 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (6.6 × 11.5 cm) Sheet: 2 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (7.3 × 12 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.24.14
Tags
BridgesMenHorses
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...