1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Cottage with Two Ladders is a 1650 ink by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a quiet village scene with a tall, narrow house in the center. Two ladders lean against its walls, one on each side. Nearby, a small hut with a thatched roof sits beside a tree, and a dog walks in the foreground. The background has more trees and a distant fence line. The artist used fine lines to show texture, like the rough bark of trees or the woven walls of the house. This kind of detailed linework is typical of etchings, where the artist scratches into a metal plate. Look up etching to see how artists create prints this way.
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.
See the richer artist page
