1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Reynard is Released to Tell His Story is a 1650 ink by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a fox standing on his back legs in a forest. His front paws are raised like he’s talking. Trees crowd around him, their trunks dark and rough. This isn’t just any fox. It’s Reynard, the trickster fox from medieval animal fables. The story says he’s just been freed to spread his version of events, which usually means trouble. Want more foxes in art? Look up Everdingen, Allart van
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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