1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Swine Herd near a Chapel is a 1650 ink by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, depicting Grote Kerk, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a man guiding a herd of pigs past a small stone chapel. The pigs move in a loose line, noses to the ground. A single tree stands behind the chapel, its branches reaching out like arms. The scene feels quiet and ordinary. Yet the artist makes it strange. The chapel is tiny—almost a dollhouse. The pigs look big and heavy, like they might crack the thin walls. Look up etching next.
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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