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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
Sports on a Frozen River
Aert van der Neer, oil on canvas, c. 1660 · oil on canvas
What it is
A frozen river crowded with skaters, sledges, and kolf players under van der Neer’s famous low winter light.
Why it matters
The Met’s canvas is the fully realised version of the scene this house opens with — the old game as one activity among many on a cold, busy afternoon.
What to notice
The kolf players are not the subject. They are simply there, the way golfers are always simply there.
The game was social before it was serious.
Provenance
- Maker
- Aert van der Neer, oil on canvas, c. 1660
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1660
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access · 32.100.11) · 32.100.11
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 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
