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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Kolf Player on the Ice (Figures à la mode, no. 11)
Romeyn de Hooghe, etching, c. 1670 to 1685 · etching
What it is
Plate eleven of Figures à la mode, Romeyn de Hooghe’s etched series of Dutch fashions, c. 1670 to 1685: a skater in winter dress with a kolf club and ball.
Why it matters
A fashion plate is the proof that kolf had become something you dressed for.
What to notice
His left hand is in a muff and his right holds the club like a walking stick; the ball waits at his skate.
Golfers have been dressing for the photograph since before there were photographs.
Provenance
- Maker
- Romeyn de Hooghe, etching, c. 1670 to 1685
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- etching
- Made
- 1685
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · RP-P-1885-A-8711) · RP-P-1885-A-8711
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 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
