Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel
c. 1626
Artist, Dutch, 1585 - 1634
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black and gray ink with watercolor, gouache, and graphite on laid paper; laid down
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 19.9 x 33.1 cm (7 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2006.11.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
George Hibbert [1757-1837], London; William Esdaile [1758-1837] (Lugt 2617), London; (sale, London, Christie's, 18-25 June 1840, lot 1178); John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929] (Lugt 1507), London; Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932] (Lugt 1351), London; by descent to Eric Oppenheimer (sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1976, lot 150); (Martyn Gregory, London); (sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 1981, lot 121); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1929
Exhibition of Dutch Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1929, no. 554.
1953
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953, no. 329.
1983
Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 1983-85, no. 50, repro.
1986
Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 71.
Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1986, no. 59, repro.
Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Albertina, Vienna, 1986, no. 59, repro.
1987
Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 60, repro.
1990
Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 74, repro.
1995
The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 67, repro.
2006
Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.
2010
Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2010, unnumbered brochure, fig. 5.
2017
The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.
2018
Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2018, unnumbered brochure, fig. 11.
Bibliography
1903
Heseltine, J.P. Reproductions of Original Drawings in Colour from the Collection of J.P. Heseltine. 1903: no. 4.
1933
Welcker, Clara J. Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634), bijgenaamd "De Stomme van Campen" en Barent Avercamp (1612-1679), "Schilders tot Campen". Zwolle, 1933: 253, no. T.129.
1956
S.n. Illustrated London News, Christmas ed. (1956): 20.
1974
Hasselt, Carlos van. Dessins flamands et hollandais du dix-septième siècle. Exh. cat. Rotterdam; Boymans-van Beuningen Museum and Paris; Institut Néerlandais, 1974: mentioned under no. 3.
1976
Herbert, John, ed. Christie's Review of the Season 1976. New York, 1976: 104 (repro.).
1977
Hasselt, Carlos van. Rembrandt and his Century: Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from the Frits Lugt Collection, Institut Néerlandais. Ex cat. New York; Pierpont Morgan Library and Paris; Institut Néerlandais, 1977-78: mentioned under no. 1.
1979
Welcker, Clara J. Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634), bijgenaamd "De Stomme van Campen" en Barent Avercamp (1612-1679), "Schilders tot Campen". Edited by D.J. Hensbroek-van der Poel. Rev. ed. Doornspijk, 1979: nos. T.129, T.130.
1995
The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 67.
2009
Roelofs, Pieter, ed. Hendrick Avercamp: Master of the Ice Scene. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; National Gallery of Art, Washington. Amsterdam, 2009: 179.
Inscriptions
lower left in gray watercolor: HA; by later hand, lower left verso in pen and brown ink: 1823 WE 63+ G. Hibberts colln Stomme van Campen
Watermarks
eagle with wings displayed
Wikidata ID
Q64573636