Barend Avercamp, Games on the ice near Kampen. 1654

English, Nederlands

English

Games on the ice near Kampen, by Barent Avercamp

Barent Avercamp was a pupil of his uncle Hendrick (1585–ca.1663) and adopted his characteristic subject matter of small, lively genre scenes set in and around Kampen, The Netherlands. Hendrick Avercamp was one of several early-seventeenth-century painters who, inspired by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, painted scenes of winter activities and games. These paintings include details like the ones seen here: bearded burghers looking on disapprovingly, a well dressed woman in her horse drawn sleigh, and younger men playing kolf, a golf-like game played on ice.

Oil on panel. 10 3/4 x 17 7/16 inches

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (618), gift of Rolf R. Roland

Source: Stichting NGA Early Golf, Do Smit

Nederlands

IJsvermaak bij Kampen, door Barend Avercamp

Olieverf op paneel. 27 x 44,5 cm

High Museum of Art (voorheen: Art Association; 618), Atlanta, Verenigde Staten van Amerika. Schenking van Rolf R. Roland

Bron: Stichting NGS Early Golf, Do Smit