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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Kolf Players by an Inn on the Water
Jacob Cats (1741 to 1799), drawing, 1770 · drawing
What it is
Jacob Cats’ 1770 drawing of an inn beside the water, with kolf players gathered near the house.
Why it matters
By the late eighteenth century kolf belonged to the inn: the court was outside and the drink was inside.
What to notice
The players are small, by the fence in front of the inn, half hidden in the shade of the tree.
The nineteenth hole is older than the first.
Provenance
- Maker
- Jacob Cats (1741 to 1799), drawing, 1770
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- drawing
- Made
- 1770
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · RP-T-1907-63) · RP-T-1907-63
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
