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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Frozen Waterway with Villagers Playing Kolf
Aert van der Neer, mid-17th c. · oil on panel
What it is
A frozen waterway of villagers skating and playing kolf — the old game happening inside the weather.
Why it matters
Van der Neer painted winter light better than anyone; the kolf players are figures in his cold, low sun.
What to notice
The low winter light doing what low light does to a links, two hundred years early.
Twilight has always improved the game.
Provenance
- Maker
- Aert van der Neer, mid-17th c.
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Made
- 1660
- Source
- Art Gallery of Alberta (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 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
