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Winter Scene with a Sledge and Skaters on a Frozen Canal

Winter Scene with a Sledge and Skaters on a Frozen Canal

Hendrick Avercamp (in circa 1610-1630)

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This drawing of an ice scene depicts entertainment on ice during the harsh winters of the seventeenth century. Depicted are skaters and figures in ornate sledges pulled by horses. They are on a frozen waterway outside the city. Shown is a motley company of young and old, rich and poor on the ice. For his figures, Hendrick Avercamp paid great attention to their posture, clothing, interactions and actions.

The coloured drawing is a study of life. It probably did not serve as a preliminary study, but rather an example with which Avercamp could vary in his paintings.

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Title Winter Scene with a Sledge and Skaters on a Frozen Canal
Material and technique Pen and black ink, watercolour, bodycolour
Object type
Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Width 315 mm
Height 174 mm
Artists Draughtsman: Hendrick Avercamp
Accession number H 14 recto (PK)
Credits Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date 1941
Creation date in circa 1610-1630
Collector Collector / Franz Koenigs
Material
Object
Geographical origin The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Hendrick Avercamp

Amsterdam 1585 - Kampen 1634

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