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Two Gentlemen (verso)
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Seventeenth-century Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp became widely known for his near-exclusive production of winter landscapes, often featuring large crowds made up of different social classes congregated on the Netherlands’ iced canals and rivers and engaged in various activities from ice skating and socializing to doing laundry, fishing, and hauling goods. In this drawing, he sketched a woman squatting to do laundry at a hole in the ice, accompanied by a child who wipes tears from her eyes. On the verso (back) of the same sheet, two men in elegant, middle-class attire appear to be socializing. The artist kept such sheets in his workshop for reference in his larger, multi-figured, finished compositions.
| Artist / Maker | Hendrick Avercamp |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1618 |
| Culture / Origin | Netherlands |
| Medium | Pen and black ink, black and red chalk, graphite and watercolor on blue paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 11.7 x 13.4 cm (4 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
BiographyHendrick Avercamp (1585–1634) — Dutch painter (1585–1634).Hendrick Avercamp worked as painter, visual artist and artist and is associated with Dutch Republic. Their documented life spans the years 1585 to 1634, born in Amsterdam, died in Kampen.Disciplinespainter, visual artist, artistBorn1585, AmsterdamDied1634, KampenNationalityDutch RepublicSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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