Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, Winter landscape with skaters and a colf player

Winter landscape with skaters and a colf player on a frozen canal, by Hendrick Dubbels (Amsterdam 1621-1707 Amsterdam)

Oil on panel. 13 x 16 1/2 in.; 33 x 41,9 cm. Initials 'I V C' on the boat, lower center

Provenance

• Count Esterhazy

• Private collection, Switserland

Notes

Dr. Ulrike Middendorf has confirmed the attribution to Dubbels upon personal inspection of the work (private communication), and dates it to c. 1655. The composition is probably inspired by Jan van de Capelle's composition of 1653 (Mauritshaus, The Hague); Dubbels painted two other versions of this it, one on a similar scale (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) and a larger version (Private collection).

Auctions

• Sale 1986. Christie's, New York. 15 April 2008. Estimate $ 30,000 - $ 50,000. Price realized $ 43,000 ($ 48,071 including Buyer's Premium)

Source: Do Smit