The two floating logs
The Netherlands, around 1645
Etching
Paper: 95 x 144 mm
Mount: 405 x 556 mm
Allart van Everdingen is responsible for introducing a new type of landscape into Dutch painting: rocky mountain scenes with torrents or waterfalls. The etching depicts a rural scene, where two logs float on a river in the foreground. In the far right hand side, a small cabin is barely hidden by rocks. It presents a landscape mostly untouched by human dwellers, yet hints at the beginnings of civilisation, as a figure can be seen walking across a bridge.