Winter Landscape with Skaters

c. 1584/1586

Hans Bol

Associated Names
Hans Bol

Artist, Flemish, Flemish, 1534 - 1593

The image features a winter scene with numerous people skating and socializing on a frozen river. In the distance, there is a village with several small church towers. The drawing is meticulous, with fine linework capturing details like architecture, people, and bare trees. The color palette is warm sepia, creating a vintage effect. Closest to the viewer, figures are engaging in various winter activities. Further into the distance, tall trees line the river's edge, leading the eye to more buildings and natural elements in the background.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Wilhelm Campe [1770-1862] (Lugt 1391). Dr. Carlos Gaa; (his sale, Boerner, Leipzig, 9-10 May 1910, no. 56). Koutuzow collection. (Schaeffer Galleries, New York). J. Theodor Cremer, New York; (his sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, no. 96). Robert H. and Clarice Smith; gift 1991 to NGA.

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Exhibition History

2018

  • Water, Wind, and Waves; Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, 2018, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1986

  • Hand et al. 1986, 15.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.32.

1995

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1995: 10, fig. 1.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in brown ink: Hans Bol; upper left in brown ink: 8; lower right verso in graphite: No27 / Bol, Hans; center verso in graphite: 7

Wikidata ID

Q64572921

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