1662
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Reynard the Fox: Reynard Feigns Death is a 1662 by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a fox lying still on its back with its legs in the air, surrounded by birds pecking at it. A few trees and a church steeple rise in the background, with a winding river below. The sky is filled with fluffy clouds, and a person leans over a fence on the right side. The fox’s pose tricks the birds into thinking it’s dead—this is a classic trickster story. The artist used simple lines to show movement and life in the scene. Look up Baroque to see how this style used drama and storytelling in art.
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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