Esaias van de Velde

Winter Landscape with Farmhouse

Esaias van de Velde
Winter Landscape with Farmhouse

On view in Room 13

Esaias van de Velde painted a simple winter landscape: a house on the banks of a frozen canal with a few people on the ice. One man is tying on his skates and another is pushing along a sledge, while two boys are playing ‘kolf’ – a game similar to today’s ice hockey. Van de Velde chose a low vantage point and did not paint a panorama. So it seems as if we are standing on the banks of the canal ourselves.

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Esaias van de Velde
Winter Landscape with Farmhouse

On view in Room 13

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General information
Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587 - 1630 The Hague)
Winter Landscape with Farmhouse
painting
673
Room 13
Material and technical details
oil
panel
26 x 32 cm
Inscriptions
lower right: E. v. Velde. 1624

Provenance

Bequest of Arnoldus Andries des Tombe, The Hague, 1903