Landscape with Frozen Canal, Skaters and an Ice-Boat, Adam van Breen, 1611

Identification

Title(s)

Landscape with Frozen Canal, Skaters and an Ice-Boat

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2510

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, on the flag of the ice-boat on the left: ‘A.v.Breen. 1611.’

Description

Wintervermaak. IJsvermaak op een bevroren rivier, rechts een kasteel, in de verte een stadsprofiel. Op het ijs een zeilende ijsschuit, schaatsers en een slede.

Creation

Artist

painter: Adam van Breen (signed by artist)
painter: David Vinckboons (rejected attribution)

Dating

1611

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 47.5 cm × width 91 cm
outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Oct-1910

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, Henry North, Earl of Sheffield (†) et al. [anonymous section], London (Christie’s), 11 December 1909, no. 134, £ 89 5s, to the dealer J. Glen, London; from whom, fl. 1,210, to the museum, 1910

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Hendrick Avercamp : master of the ice scene, Pieter Roelofs, Jonathan Bikker, Bianca M. du Mortier, Marijn Schapelhouman, p. 37, afb. 21
Hendrick Avercamp : de meester van het ijsgezicht, Pieter Roelofs, Jonathan Bikker, Bianca M. du Mortier, Marijn Schapelhouman, Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Art, p. 37, afb. 21
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 84, 85
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 45

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6235

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