1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Man on a Small Wooden Bridge is a 1650 ink by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a quiet scene of a lone figure standing on a small wooden bridge. Around him, a tiny house with a pointed roof sits near a fence, surrounded by bare trees and bushes. The ground looks rocky, and the sky is just a faint line at the top. The artist used fine lines to show every leaf and branch, making the scene feel detailed but also a little lonely. This kind of drawing was made by pressing ink into a metal plate, a method called etching. Next, check out the technique: etching to see how artists create these precise lines.
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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