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Description: | This painting, showing people at work and play in a frozen river landscape under an expansive sky, reveals the influence of Hendrik Avercamp, the first artist to paint pure winter landscapes in the northern Netherlands. Some men in fine attire are 'kolfing', while others watch on or pass by. Some villagers are approaching on the bridge, which leads towards a windmill on the left. Further in the distance, figures are reduced to sketchy silhouettes. The painting lacks the elegance and playfulness of Hendrik's winter scenes, and the surface of the ice does not glitter as it does in Hendrik's pictures. | Subjects: | landscape; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Avercamp, Berent Petersz. (Dutch painter, born 1612 or 1613, died 1679) Æ Attributed to circle of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8565... | Go to resource |
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