1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Three Men on a Rock is a 1650 ink by Allart van Everdingen, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows three tiny figures standing on a rocky outcrop in a wild, hilly landscape. The scene is all in black and white, with thick, scratchy lines that make the trees, rocks, and grass look rough and textured. The figures are small, almost lost in the dense forest and uneven terrain around them. The artist used a method called etching, where they scratched into a metal plate to create the lines. This technique lets them build up layers of detail, especially in the rocky ground and tangled trees. Next, look up etching to see how this process works.
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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