1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Wolves on the Ice is a 1650 ink by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, depicting Hunting, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows wolves on ice, surrounded by trees and a frozen lake. It's an etching, which is a technique where the artist scratches a design into a metal plate. The details in this etching are pretty intricate, with lots of textures and patterns, which suggests the artist put a lot of time into it. You can learn more about this kind of artwork by looking into the technique: etching.
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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