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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters (Colf on the Ice)
Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1608 · oil on panel
What it is
The Dutch on the ice, colf clubs in hand — the game’s frozen ancestor, painted before there was a rulebook to break.
Why it matters
The house opens here on purpose: before the links, the ice; before the rulebook, the winter afternoon.
What to notice
The colf players share the ice with skaters, gossips, and dogs — the game began as part of the crowd.
Every game was once just what people did with a cold afternoon.
Provenance
- Maker
- Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1608
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Made
- 1608
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · SK-A-1718) · SK-A-1718
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
