Enjoying the Ice, Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1615 - c. 1620

Identification

Title(s)

Enjoying the Ice

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3247

Inscriptions / marks

monogram, in ligated monogram, at bottom right: ‘H.A.’

Description

IJsvermaak. Op een bevroren water bij een kasteel vermaken talrijke figuren zich met schaatsen en kolfspelen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Hendrick Avercamp (signed by artist)

Dating

c. 1615 - c. 1620

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 25.4 cm × width 37.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London

Acquisition

gift Jun-1936

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; a French collection, 18th/19th century;{Handwritten labels on the reverse of the panel.}...; the dealer Nicolaas Beets, Amsterdam, 1930;{Label on the reverse of the panel; advertisement in _Pantheon_, V (1930) no. 3.}...; donated to the museum by Sir Henri W.A. Deterding (1866-1939), London, 1936

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) bijgenaamd "De stomme van Campen" en Barent Avercamp, 1612-1679, "schilders tot Campen", Clara J. Welcker, D.J. Hensbroek-van der Poel
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art : masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis, Lynn Federle Orr, Thomas Padon, Ruud Priem, Marijn Schapelhouman, J.P. Sigmond, p. 120-121
Hendrick Avercamp : de meester van het ijsgezicht, Pieter Roelofs, Jonathan Bikker, Bianca M. du Mortier, Marijn Schapelhouman, Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Art, p. 51, afb. 49
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 54-55, cat.nr. 12
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 91
Langs velden en wegen in Nederland en Europa, Judikje Kiers, Liesbeth van Noortwijk, Herman van Gessel

Persistent URL

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