Villagers Skating on a Frozen Pond

1625

Esaias van de Velde

Associated Names
Esaias van de Velde I

Artist, Dutch, 1587 - 1630

The image shows a rural scene with a village setting. The viewpoint is slightly downward. The horizon, marked by small structures and trees, is in the far distance. The drawing uses soft pencil strokes and shading to depict trees, buildings, and figures. Three figures are carrying bundles of sticks. More figures and trees can be seen. An old building is at the center right. The color palette is muted browns and grays. The sky has a few small birds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.9 x 14.3 cm (7 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.79.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Anthony Westcombe [died 1752]; Bernard Granville; by descent to his heirs (their sale, London, Puttick & Simpson, 22 December 1857, probably part of lot 94); Charles Fairfax Murray [1849-1919]; (his sale, London, Christie's 30 January-2 February 1920, part of lot 164); purchased by Frank Sabin; Hendrikus Egbertus ten Cate [1868-1955] (Lugt 533b), Almelo; (Gallery L. de Wild, New York); J. Theodor Cremer (his sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 17 November 1980, lot 63); purchased by Jacob A. Klaver (his sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 10 May 1994, lot 63, not sold); purchased (via Sotheby's from Klaver heirs) by NGA, October 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1964

  • Neue Lagerlist, C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, 1964, cat. 98.

1993

  • Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1993, cat. 25.

2018

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

Bibliography

1955

  • Hannema, D. Catalogue of the H.E. ten Cate Collection. Rotterdam, 1955: no. 297.

1984

  • Keyes, George S. Esaias van den Velde, 1587-1630. The Netherlands, 1984: no. D 88, pl. 210.

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: E.V.VELDE.1625; by later hand, center verso in graphite: "From the Granville & Murray Coll."; by later hand, lower right verso in red pencil: 18; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: CVK

Wikidata ID

Q64559923

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