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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Winter Games on the Frozen River IJssel
Hendrick Avercamp, oil on panel, c. 1626 · oil on panel
What it is
Hendrick Avercamp’s oil of a crowd on the frozen IJssel, with a kolf player in red at the centre, held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Why it matters
Avercamp painted the ice as a social floor, and the kolf player is placed where the eye lands first.
What to notice
The man in red points down the ice while the man beside him lines up the shot; a dog waits at their feet.
Somebody is always giving advice.
Provenance
- Maker
- Hendrick Avercamp, oil on panel, c. 1626
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Made
- 1626
- Source
- National Gallery of Art, Washington (open access · object 75822) · NGA 75822
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 2026-11-01.
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 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
