John Boydell, Winter landscape with people ice-skating and playing ice colf on a frozen river. 1753

English

Etching made (and published) by John Boydell (1719 - 1804) after Aert van der Neer (1604 - 1677)

Winter landscape with people ice-skating and playing ice colf on a frozen river, a hole in the ice in lower left corner, a man resting on the river-bank in foreground, a village beyond; after Aert van der Neer. 1753

Inscription Content: Lettered within image in lower right corner, with facsimile signature (in reverse): "AVDN / 1675". Lettered in lower margin with title and production details: "Van Drever Pinx.t" and "J. Boydell Sculp.t" and "Engrav'd from an Original Picture of Van Drever, in the possession of Mr. Poyner at Islington / Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street in Cheapside London. 1753".

294 x 422 mm

British Museum (AN811007001)

Source: Saar Nijs