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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Skaters, Kolf Players and a Couple on the Ice
Ludolf Bakhuizen, pen and ink, before c. 1700 · pen and ink drawing
What it is
A sheet of pen studies by Ludolf Bakhuizen, before about 1700: skaters, a couple, a boy and kolf players in two rows.
Why it matters
Bakhuizen was a marine painter; this is his notebook for the small figures he put on his frozen harbours.
What to notice
Top left, a player has his club raised high behind his head; in the row below, two others line up a shot.
The swing is the first thing anyone draws.
Provenance
- Maker
- Ludolf Bakhuizen, pen and ink, before c. 1700
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- pen and ink drawing
- Made
- 1700
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · RP-T-1905-209) · RP-T-1905-209
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 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
