Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch, 1585 - 1634

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Hendrick Avercamp, Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel, c. 1626, pen and black and gray ink with watercolor, gouache, and graphite on laid paper; laid down, Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner, 2006.11.3

Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel

Hendrick Avercamp · c. 1626 · pen and black and gray ink with watercolor, gouache, and graphite on laid paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  2006.11.3

We look slightly down onto a panorama with dozens of pale-skinned men, women, and children skating and standing on a frozen river in this horizontal landscape painting. Most of the men wear black hats and suits, some with white collars and hip-length capes. The women all wear ankle- or floor-length skirts, and some are covered with black cloaks that drape over their heads to their feet. Many people wear black but some of the clothing is scarlet red, sage green, celestial blue, beige, or slate gray. A few people draw the eye, like the man standing with his back to us, wearing dark gray and holding a tall pole in the lower left corner. To the right, a man kneels to tie a skate with a brown and black dog nearby. A woman wearing a crimson-red skirt and a couple clad entirely in fur-lined black clothing look toward a man and woman riding a horse-drawn sled on the ice, at the lower center of the painting. Another black-draped form in the sleigh could be a second woman wearing a cloak. A pair of boys play a game like hockey in the lower right corner. People gather and skate in pairs and small groups, or ride in sledges into the deep distance. The buildings and boats lining the horizon, which comes about halfway up the composition, are painted in shimmering grays. The sky above is the same cool white as the ice below. A few birds fly across the scene.
Hendrick Avercamp, A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625, oil on panel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1967.3.1

A Scene on the Ice

Hendrick Avercamp · c. 1625 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1967.3.1

Hendrick Avercamp, Scene with a Tower to the Left, c. 1620, pen and brown ink with watercolor and black chalk on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1980.45.4

Scene with a Tower to the Left

Hendrick Avercamp · c. 1620 · pen and brown ink with watercolor and black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1980.45.4

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The Winter King on the Ice

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Christian Josi · 1766, published 1821 · chalk manner and etching with roulette inked à la poupée and hand-colored with wash ·  Accession ID  1974.6.1.11

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, The Winter King on the Ice, 1766, etching and chalk manner with roulette inked à la poupée and hand-colored with wash, Gift of Sherwood B. Smith, Jr., 1977.67.2

The Winter King on the Ice

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel · 1766 · etching and chalk manner with roulette inked à la poupée and hand-colored with wash ·  Accession ID  1977.67.2

Bibliography

1933

  • Welcker, Clara J. Hendrick Avercamp 1585-1634, bijgenaamd 'de Stomme van Campen' en Barent Avercamp 1612-1679, 'Schilders tot Campen'. Vereeniging tot Beoefening van Overijsselsch Regt en Geschiedenis 27. Zwolle, 1933.

1982

  • Blankert, Albert. "Hendrick Avercamp als schilder van winters." Tableau 4 (Summer 1982): 604-615.

  • Blankert, Albert. Hendrick Avercamp, 1584-1634; Barent Avercamp, 1612-1679; Frozen Silence: Paintings from Museums and Private Collections. Exh. cat. Waterman Gallery, Amstersdam; Provenciaal Overijssels Museum, Zwolle. Amsterdam, 1982.

1985

  • Wiersma, Hans. Hendrik Averkamp, 1585-1634: De Stomme van Kampen. Kampen, 1985.

1987

  • Sutton, Peter C., et al. Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Landscape Painting. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art. Boston, 1987: 254-261.

1991

  • MacLaren, Neil. The Dutch School, 1600-1900. Revised and expanded by Christopher Brown. 2 vols. National Gallery Catalogues. London, 1991: 1:3.

1995

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 9.

2009

  • Roelofs, Pieter, ed. Hendrick Avercamp: Master of the Ice Scene. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; National Gallery of Art, Washington. Amsterdam, 2009: 11-21.