Frolicking on a Frozen Canal in a Town

copy after Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1615 - c. 1620

Jan van de Velde II (1593 - 1641). Frolicking on a frozen canal in a town, c. 1620. The frozen canal beyond the city walls of Haarlem is bustling with activity. It is as if all the inhabitants have turned their back on the city and are busy skating, sledding or playing kolf, a game involving a ball and sticks. Van de Velde has portrayed the various forms of winter fun in great detail: on the right a gentleman is adjusting the skates of his richly attired partner, nearby someone else takes a tumble and, on a lighter note, the man on the left is relieving himself. Purchased in 1884.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-802
  • Dimensionssupport: height 47 cm x width 86.8 cm, outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Frolicking on a Frozen Canal in a Town

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-802

  • Description

    IJsvermaak op een stadsgracht, wellicht bij de Sint Janspoort te Haarlem. Een elegante dame krijgt schaatsen ondergebonden, een groep mannen is aan het kolven, rechts een lange groep schaatsers. Links tegen de muur hurkt een poepende man.

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Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: copy after Hendrick Avercamp
    • painter: Jan van de Velde (II) [rejected attribution]
    • painter: Esaias van de Velde [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1615 - c. 1620

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 47 cm x width 86.8 cm
    • outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)

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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1884-04

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Mr Cordeil, Paris, fl. 1,600, as Willem Pietersz Buytewech, to the museum, April 1884{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 164, no. 251 (9 April 1884); RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 39, p. 347, no. 23 (19 April 1884); RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 39, p. 348, no. 24 (19 April 1884).}

Documentation

    • Yvette; Laar, Michel van de Bruijnen, Geschreven, gestempeld of geplakt : verscholen informatie op de keerzijde van schilderijen, uit: Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 54, 2006, 4, pagina 429-449 - p. 444, afb. 25
    • C. Hugh Hildesley, 'Winterlandscapes in the 17th Century Netherlands', Auction 3 (dec. 1969), nr. 4, p. 44, fig. 3 (mogelijk Esaias van de Velde).

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