1662
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Reynard the Fox: Reynard Disguised as a Monk is a 1662 by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a fox dressed like a monk, walking through a village. Chickens scatter around him, and a dog watches from the side. In the background, there’s a church with a tall steeple and a winding river with people on a boat. The fox’s disguise is the main joke—it’s clearly a trickster in disguise, a common story in old European tales. The artist used sharp lines and shadows to make the scene feel lively and full of movement. Next, look up Baroque to see how this playful trick fits into the bigger style of drama and detail 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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