Winter Landscape
about 1605 | Hendrik Avercamp
Hendrick Avercamp was one of the earliest Dutch landscape painters and specialised in winter scenes. The antiquated style with a high horizon, landscape scenery staggered along the sides into the depths of the painting and the wealth of detail are a continuation of the tradition of 16th-century Flemish landscape painting. The lively silhouettes of the figures stand out against the light background, disappearing in the distance in the fog of the broad, flat landscape painted in bird’s-eye view.
Hendrick Avercamp was one of the earliest Dutch landscape painters and specialised in winter scenes. The antiquated style with a high horizon, landscape scenery staggered along the sides into the depths of the painting and the wealth of detail are a continuation of the tradition of 16th-century Flemish landscape painting. The lively silhouettes of the figures stand out against the light background, disappearing in the distance in the fog of the broad, flat landscape painted in bird’s-eye view.
Artist:
Hendrik Avercamp (1585 Amsterdam - 1634 Kampen) DNB
Time:
about 1605
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
29,5 cm x 46,5 cm
Framed: 44,5 cm x 62,5 cm x 2,5 cm; Tiefe inkl.
Signed
Inscribed on the small barrel between the trees with the monogram
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 5659
Provenance
1663 documented in Ambras collection, 1773 Ambras