Winter Landscape with Iceskaters
ca. 1608
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
131.9; 77.3
About this artwork
signatuur, rechts, op de muur van een houten hut met graffiti: ‘HAenricus / Av’ H en A geligeerd
Art Historical Context
Step into a frosty wonderland with Hendrick Avercamp's *Winter Landscape with Iceskaters* (ca. 1608), a captivating oil-on-panel masterpiece measuring 77.3 × 131.9 cm, now housed in the Rijksmuseum. This panoramic scene vividly captures everyday Dutch life on frozen waterways, bustling with skaters, sledges, and revelers against a vast, snow-draped landscape. Avercamp, a pioneering Dutch Golden Age painter often called the "Master of the Ice," specialized in these intimate winter vignettes, blending meticulous detail with a sense of joyful community. Painted during the Little Ice Age, when ha...
About the Artist
Hendrick Avercamp · 1585–1634
Dutch painter, best-known for winter landscapes and marine paintings. His lively paintings and drawings were enormously popular. Avercamp was hearing-impaired.