.jpg?maxwidth=3840)
Lot 18
Studio of Hendrick Avercamp (Amsterdam 1585-1634 Kampen)
Skaters, kolf players and sledges on a frozen river near the St. Janspoort city gate, with the Kruispoort in the background and the Pink mill beyond, Haarlem
Closed11 May 2011
Price Realised
EUR 85,000
More Information
Specialist note
Several of the figure groups in the present picture are known from paintings by Hendrick Avercamp. The gentleman helping the lady to the right, as well as the skating couple with a stick over the man's shoulder, most likely derived from the painting in the Carter collection in the Los Angeles County Museum (inv. no. L.2005.16.1), whereas the young couple skating in the centre foreground can be seen in the painting in the National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh. The boy standing to the right warming his hands, the 'tandem' skating couple and the lady with the red and white skirt to the left, are all depicted in the painting in the Harold Samuel collection, The Corporation of London.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, houses an almost identical painting, formerly attributed to Esaias van den Velde, that has always been regarded as a copy after Hendrick Avercamp (inv. no. SK-A-802). The latter being the present lot.
We are grateful to Mr. P. Roelofs of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (who was responsible for the Hendrick Avercamp exhibition in The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009-2010) for his help in cataloguing this lot (verbal communication, 1 March 2011).
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, houses an almost identical painting, formerly attributed to Esaias van den Velde, that has always been regarded as a copy after Hendrick Avercamp (inv. no. SK-A-802). The latter being the present lot.
We are grateful to Mr. P. Roelofs of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (who was responsible for the Hendrick Avercamp exhibition in The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009-2010) for his help in cataloguing this lot (verbal communication, 1 March 2011).