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Source Description
In this drawing, the Dutch landscape painter Jan van Kessel depicted a rustic rural scene showing rundown sheds beside a frozen canal with a small village church beyond. A skater glides under an overgrown stone bridge. Such rural landscape scenes, considered fundamentally Dutch, became the focus of the Dutch landscape school in the 17th century. Van Kessel was also noted for his trees; the central tree in this image was rendered with black chalk and grey ink wash to create a gently shimmering effect.
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Document identity
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329324
label
Winter Landscape with Skater
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drawing
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Source metadata
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329324
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drawing
title
Winter Landscape with Skater
description
In this drawing, the Dutch landscape painter Jan van Kessel depicted a rustic rural scene showing rundown sheds beside a frozen canal with a small village church beyond. A skater glides under an overgrown stone bridge. Such rural landscape scenes, considered fundamentally Dutch, became the focus of the Dutch landscape school in the 17th century. Van Kessel was also noted for his trees; the central tree in this image was rendered with black chalk and grey ink wash to create a gently shimmering effect.
date
1662
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79876014
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329321
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 24 x 31.3 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.); Matted: 31.1 x 36.5 x 0.5 cm (12 1/4 x 14 3/8 x 3/16 in.); Image: 17.9 x 25.8 cm (7 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
cul
Netherlands
accession
2019.7
Source extras
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brush and black ink and grey wash over black chalk on cream laid paper; brown ink framing line
tombstone
Winter Landscape with Skater, 1662. Jan van Kessel (Dutch, 1641–1680). Brush and black ink and grey wash over black chalk on cream laid paper; brown ink framing line; sheet: 24 x 31.3 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.); matted: 31.1 x 36.5 x 0.5 cm (12 1/4 x 14 3/8 x 3/16 in.); image: 17.9 x 25.8 cm (7 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.7
collection
DR - Dutch
inscriptions
inscription
recto, signed and date lower left in pen and black ink: JKesssel 1662
inscription
verso, inscribed in graphite, lower right: Jan van Kessel 16(0?)8-1698
inscription
verso, in lower left border (cut off and covered with hinge) [letters} 03 S
didYouKnow
Frozen canals in 17th-century Holland were a mainstay of entertainment for skaters like the one seen in this drawing, providing access from town to town like roads.
citations
citation
Davies, Alice I. Jan Van Kessel (1641-1680). Doornspijk, the Netherlands: Davaco, 1992.
citation
Peters, Emily. “Acquisitions 2019: Drawings.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 20-21.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 21; Mentioned: P. 20, 21.
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:56:33.292000
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329324
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Drawings
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DR - Dutch
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brush and black ink and grey wash over black chalk on cream laid paper; brown ink framing line
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male
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