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Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)

A fishing-smack frozen in the ice c.1620

Pen and black ink with watercolour over graphite | 9.0 x 14.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906512

A fishing-smack frozen in the ice

Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)

A fishing-smack frozen in the ice c.1620

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Description

A drawing of a scene on the ice, with a vessel on the right, surrounded by numerous figures walking and sledging

Provenance

First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 118: '7. More in the same stile of drawing [as 42 by Avercamp previously listed], of Landscapes and Sea Pieces')
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and black ink with watercolour over graphite

pen and ink, watercolour, pencil

drawing

Measurements

9.0 x 14.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Engineering & Technology
Vessels (marine)
Boats
Fishing boats
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Earth sciences
Ice
References

Other number(s)

RL 6512

W&C : White, C. & Crawley, C., 1994. The Dutch and Flemish Drawings at Windsor Castle, Cambridge – W&C 285

P(D) : van Puyvelde, L., 1944. The Dutch Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, London – P(D) 61

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