Winter Scene
Artist
Hendrick Avercamp
(Dutch, 1585 - 1634)
Date1610s
MediumOil on copper
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (12.1 × 16.5 cm)
Frame: 8 1/2 × 10 3/16 × 7/8 in. (21.6 × 25.9 × 2.2 cm)
Frame: 8 1/2 × 10 3/16 × 7/8 in. (21.6 × 25.9 × 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Polak, 1965
Object numberSN788
Avercamp was the first artist to specialize in painting winter landscapes that feature people enjoying themselves on the ice; his vibrant paintings transport us back to a time when Dutch waterways regularly froze in the cold of winter. In his landscapes, people young and old, rich and poor, share both the joy and the hardship of the Little Ice Age. This climatic phenomenon, which peaked in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, was characterized by extremely severe winters that arrived early and lasted well into spring.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall West
H. Buckland