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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Ice Skaters on the Amstel at Amsterdam
Hans Bol, 1589 · drawing
What it is
Hans Bol’s 1589 view of the frozen Amstel, the townspeople out on the ice with skates and clubs.
Why it matters
The earliest dated work the house holds: proof the winter game was ordinary long before anyone wrote a rule for it.
What to notice
Amsterdam’s skyline behind — this is a city scene, not a country pastime.
Four hundred years ago, the ice was the course.
Provenance
- Maker
- Hans Bol, 1589
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- drawing
- Made
- 1589
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access · 2024.340) · 2024.340
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 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
