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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Winter Scene on a Frozen River
Esaias van de Velde, oil on panel, 1623 · oil on panel
What it is
Esaias van de Velde’s 1623 panel of a farmhouse and a frozen river, held by the National Gallery in London.
Why it matters
Van de Velde was one of the first Dutch painters to make an ordinary winter road the whole subject.
What to notice
Lower left, a figure carries a kolf club down to the ice; nobody else in the scene has noticed him.
Every round starts with the walk to the first shot.
Provenance
- Maker
- Esaias van de Velde, oil on panel, 1623
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Made
- 1623
- Source
- The National Gallery, London (public domain)
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
