Hendrick Avercamp - Figures skating on a frozen lake

Date	1603
Period	1600-1750, 17th century
Origin	The Netherlands
Medium	Oil on panel
Dimensions	21.3 x 30.3 cm (8³/₈ x 11⁷/₈ inches)
Gallery	David Koetser Gallery

Technical

Date: 1603
Period: 1600-1750, 17th century
Origin: The Netherlands
Medium: Oil on panel
Signature: Signed with Monogram: 'HA' (lower center, on the wood)
Panel ready for use by 1603.

Dimensions: 21.3 x 30.3 cm (8³/₈ x 11⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance: Collection Rudolf Brockhaus (1838-1898), Leipzig;
Private collection, Germany, and by descent to the present owner.

Literature: F. Schlie, “Leipzig. Museum. Die Austellung älterer Meister aus sächsischem Privatbesitz“, in Dr. H. Janitschek, Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. XIII, Berlin and Stuttgart 1890, p.159, „…an extraordinary good little painting…“;
C. Welcker, Hendrick Avercamp 1585-1634, Bijgenaamd „De Stomme van Campen“, Doornspijk, 1979, no. S.53.1, p. 212.

Exhibitions: Austellung aus sächsischem Privatbesitz in Leipzig, Leipzig 1889, no. 5.
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints