# Firs in the Defile, in Allart van Everdingen

Allart van Everdingen made this (probably c. 1645/1656), aged about 24. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A narrow mountain pass opens before us, choked with rocks and dark firs, and a building stands silhouetted on the heights in the distance.

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## The work

- Date: probably c. 1645/1656
- Medium: etching
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973.15.115
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Allart van Everdingen](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/allart-van-everdingen), Dutch, 1621–1675

Everdingen trained in Utrecht and Haarlem and in 1644 travelled to Scandinavia, where he sketched the mountains, forests and waterfalls of Norway and Sweden.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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## Get it

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