Anoniem, Winter Landscape. 19th century

Winter landscape, 19th century. Attributed to Dutch School (anonymous).

Winter landscape under an ominous dark sky, with a rocky outcrop from which a hideous tree sprouts on the left; in the middle ground are figures on a frozen river which skirts around a fortified town with a prominent church steeple; near the foreground three figures trudge along a road on the curve of which is a wizened bare tree. A pair of colf players on the foreground.

Oil on canvas. 62.7 x 75.7 cm; with frame 77.8 x 91.1 x 6.7 cm

Provenance

First recorded at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, 1927

Royal Collection Trust, Great Brittain (RCIN 401101)

Source: Do Smit