1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Cart with Two Draft Horses is a 1650 ink by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a quiet countryside scene with a cart pulled by two horses resting by a fallen tree. In the background, there’s a small building with a pointed roof, and two people stand near it. Trees and bushes fill the middle ground, while the sky is lightly sketched in. The artist used fine lines to show details like the horses’ muscles and the texture of the tree bark. This kind of careful drawing was common in etchings of the time. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this made prints.
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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