1662
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Reynard the Fox: Badger Comes to Warn Reynard is a 1662 by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, depicting Hunting, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A fox in a red coat listens as a badger knocks on his door, set in a busy Dutch village with cottages and trees. Snow covers the ground, and people walk nearby, unaware of the meeting. The scene comes from a medieval story about clever animals and tricks. Van Everdingen painted this during a time when Dutch artists focused on everyday life, but he often chose wilder, northern landscapes. The painting shows strong contrasts between light and dark, a technique called chiaroscuro, which helps draw your eye to the fox and badger. It adds drama to the quiet moment just before a warning is given. Look up The Cleveland Museum of Art to see how this story unfolds in paint. (117 words)
Allaert van Everdingen (Dutch pronunciation: ; bapt. 18 June 1621 – 8 November 1675 (buried)), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker in etching and mezzotint.
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