Winter Landscape near a Town with Kolf Players
ca. 1658 - ca. 1660
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
67.2; 52.2; 9.7
About this artwork
outer size: depth 9.7 cm (support incl. frame)
Art Historical Context
Step into the crisp chill of a 17th-century Dutch winter Aert van der Neer's *Winter Landscape near a Town Kolf Players* (ca. 1658–1660). This oil on panel masterpiece, measuring 52.2 x 67.2 cm, captures a frozen world near a distant town: figures engage in kolf—a precursor to golf played on ice—amidst skaters and sledges under a pale sky. Housed in the Rijksmuseum, it exemplifies van der Neer's mastery of tonal landscapes during the Dutch Golden Age. Van der Neer, a specialist in atmospheric winter and nocturnal scenes, belonged to the Dutch Baroque tradition but favored subtle, moody effect...