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Archival print, framed and hung — a styled render, not the exact frame shipped.
The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
IJsvermaak (Winter Amusement)
Barent Avercamp, oil on panel, 1630–1679 · oil on panel
What it is
Barent Avercamp’s ice scene, painted in the manner and the business his uncle Hendrick established.
Why it matters
Two Avercamps hanging together tells the truth about how Dutch painting worked: a subject was a family concern, not a signature.
What to notice
The formula is inherited — the same low sky, the same scattered crowd — and it still works.
Some things are worth repeating for a generation.
Provenance
- Maker
- Barent Avercamp, oil on panel, 1630–1679
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Made
- 1650
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · SK-A-3286) · SK-A-3286
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
