The Hut of the Carpenter
Medium
Engraving; first state of two
Dimensions
Plate: 2 11/16 × 4 7/16 in. (6.8 × 11.3 cm) Sheet: 3 5/16 × 4 3/4 in. (8.4 × 12 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.24.9
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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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...