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Archival print, framed and hung — a styled render, not the exact frame shipped.
The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Kolfspeler (The Kolf Player)
Netherlandish engraver, 1758–1762 · engraving
What it is
A standing kolf player with his club, engraved in the mid-eighteenth century.
Why it matters
The clearest single image of the old game’s equipment and stance that survives at wall scale — a portrait of the club as much as the man.
What to notice
The club head is enormous and the shaft barely bends. Nothing about this asks to be swung fast.
Every tool tells you how its game was played.
Provenance
- Maker
- Netherlandish engraver, 1758–1762
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- engraving
- Made
- 1760
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · RP-P-OB-66.142) · RP-P-OB-66.142
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 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
