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, at the 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

Dating

c. 1615 - c. 1620

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

h 25.4 cm × w 37.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London

Acquisition

Jun-1936

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; a French collection, 18th/19th century;{According to the handwritten labels on the reverse of the panel.}…; the dealer Nicolaas Beets, Amsterdam, 1930;{According to the label on the reverse of the panel; advertisement in Pantheon, V (1930) no. 3.} …; donated by Sir Henri W.A. Deterding (1866-1939), London, with XX other paintings, to the museum, 1936

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

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
Langs velden en wegen in Nederland en Europa, Judikje Kiers, Liesbeth van Noortwijk, Herman van Gessel
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, Jonathan Bikker, Yvette Bruijnen, Taco Dibbits, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, Everhard Korthals Altes, Gerdien Wuestman, p. 54-55
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 91
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

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5854

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