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Description: | Signed: yes Description: 'Although in so many of his pictures Molenaer was an assiduous follower of Jacob van Ruisdael, he displays here a great deal more individuality. The figures and the scene itself have a much stronger feeling of being observed from life rather than through the eyes of another artist... Molenaer was one of the last artists in the 17th century to continue this long tradition as in the later 18th eighteenth century the whole genre had to reinvent itself...In Holland, the winters were longer than they are now. Winter sports and pastimes were a part of daily life since those engaged in farming and fishing in fresh water were unable to work... ' (Wright, 2002, p. 55) Molenaer paints two common diversions: the boys with their sledge, in the centre of the picture, and the huddled group in the horse-drawn sleigh on the right, who are on their way to visit relatives or neighbours . | Subjects: | landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Molenaer, Klaes (Dutch painter, active before 1630-1676) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8712... | Go to resource |
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