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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Boys at Kolf (De Kolf)
Jan Luyken, etching, 1712 · etching
What it is
An etching titled De Kolf: young men driving a ball across frozen ground while friends lean on their clubs and watch.
Why it matters
Luyken died in 1712, the year this plate is dated; he spent his last decade etching small scenes of everyday life with a moral underneath.
What to notice
The ball sits in the lower right, a few inches from the club, and every face in the plate is turned toward it.
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Provenance
- Maker
- Jan Luyken, etching, 1712
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- etching
- Made
- 1712
- Source
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (open access · RP-P-OB-46.124) · RP-P-OB-46.124
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
