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
Rights
Public Domain
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...