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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Kolf Players on the Ice by a Dovecote
Jan van de Velde (II), etching, 1616 · etching
What it is
An etching of a frozen waterway with a dovecote on the bank, a footbridge, and a group of kolf players at the right.
Why it matters
Jan van de Velde etched the Dutch countryside in small series for collectors, and kolf turns up in them as part of the weather.
What to notice
Follow the bridge to the right: the players are under it, mid-swing, with a sledge pulled past them.
The first courses were never built; they froze.
Provenance
- Maker
- Jan van de Velde (II), etching, 1616
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- etching
- Made
- 1616
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · RP-P-1880-A-4405) · RP-P-1880-A-4405
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 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
