Women’s Skating Competition on Stadsgracht, Leeuwarden, 21 January 1809

• Skating Competition on the Stadsgracht in Leeuwarden on 21 January 1809
• Women’s Skating Competition on Stadsgracht, Leeuwarden, 21 January 1809

SK-A-5020

: ‘N. Baur 1810’

Thousands of people have flocked to see the final of a women’s skating competition. Houkje Gerrits Bouma crosses the finish line first. Elated, she throws up her arms in triumph. A boy has even climbed a tree to follow the event. During the winter season, everyone went out on the ice, and women commonly participated in speed skating as well.

1810

olieverf op doek

59.7 cm x 74.9 cm

Baur schilderde de finalisten met hun blote armen, een afgeworpen mantel op het ijs. De weinig verhullende kleding zorgde voor veel verontwaardiging en het was voorlopig de laatste vrouwenwedstrijd.

Gift of Willem Jan Hacquebord and Houkje Anna Brandsma

Public domain

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