1662
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Reynard the Fox: The Wolf in the Monkey's Den is a 1662 by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a fox standing on its hind legs near a tree, watching two animals—a wolf and a monkey—fighting on the ground. The fox looks calm while the wolf snarls, and the monkey clings to its back. Trees and bushes fill the background, with rough, textured lines everywhere. This is an old trickster tale where the fox isn’t helping—it’s waiting to see who wins. The artist used sharp contrasts between light and dark to make the scene dramatic. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how this lighting trick works in other 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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