Hendrick Avercamp

A Scene on the Ice

US$ 591.00

Skaters, sledges, players of kolf and a few people who have fallen over, spread across a pale frozen expanse under a low winter sky. Avercamp gives every figure its own small piece of business, so the picture rewards close reading. Long and low in format, and unusually easy to live with for a picture containing so many people.

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Artist

Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) was deaf and mute from birth, known in his own time as de Stomme van Kampen, the mute of Kampen. He specialised almost entirely in winter — crowded frozen rivers painted from a high viewpoint, filled with dozens of small figures each doing something particular. He worked during the coldest decades of the Little Ice Age, when the Dutch canals froze reliably every year.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 54 × 27 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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