1662
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Reynard the Fox: Reynard Steals a Capon is a 1662 by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This etching shows a fox sneaking toward a roasted chicken tied to a tree branch. A woman stands nearby, holding a basket and looking away. In the background, a ship sails on a river, and a building with windows sits on the shore. The scene is dark and full of sharp lines, with some light areas on the water and the woman’s face. The fox’s cleverness is the focus here—it’s stealing food right under the woman’s nose. This kind of trickster story was popular in old Dutch art. Next, check out Baroque to see how drama and movement shaped this era’s 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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