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3 unusual facts about Allaert van Everdingen


Allaert van Everdingen

According to Houbraken, his visit to Norway was unscheduled, but occurred when his ship, en route to the Baltic Sea, ran into a heavy storm and moored there for shelter.

Their general intonation is strong and brown, and effects are rendered in a powerful key, but the execution is much more uniform than that of Jacob Ruisdael.

This can be seen in the development of Isaac van Ostade, who abandoned the genre techniques of his brother Adriaen van Ostade for the broader landscapes of the Ruisdael family.


Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Yet in this branch of his practice he merely imitated Salvator Rosa and Allaert van Everdingen.


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