Winter landscape with skaters
Hendrick Avercamp · 1608
Why it's great
A frozen river is crowded with people skating, sledding, playing a game with sticks and fishing in a pale, bright winter day. Hendrick Avercamp painted it in about 1608, and he was deaf and mute and was good at watching people.
Where to see it
📍 RijksmuseumAmsterdam, Netherlands
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Hendrick Avercamp was a Dutch painter born in Amsterdam in 1585. He was deaf and could not speak, and became famous for his crowded winter scenes of people skating and playing on ice. He died in Kampen in 1634.
