An Imaginary Winter Scene with Figures amusing themselves on a Frozen River beside a Town, with Actors on a Stage and Skaters 1441561

An Imaginary Winter Scene with Figures amusing themselves on a Frozen River beside a Town, with Actors on a Stage and Skaters

manner of Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 - Mortlake 1700)

Date

1660 - 1699

Materials

Oil, canvas, wood, gilt plaster

Measurements

876 x 1511 mm (34 1/2 x 59 1/2 in)

Place of origin

Holland

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Collection

Clandon Park, Surrey

NT 1441561

Summary

[Destroyed in the fire of 2015] Oil painting on canvas, An Imaginary Winter Scene with Figures amusing themselves on a Frozen River beside a Town, with Actors on a Stage and Skaters, in the manner of Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 – Mortlake 1700), 1679. A town at the left aligns a frozen river; on the ice in the foreground a booth has been set up; numerous figures are walking or are on horseback and the artist is sketching in the foreground. One of two oil paintings of village scenes in the manner of Jan Wyck; NT 1441560 bears a date and signature.

Provenance

Bought from the Ministry of Works from Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel (1887-1959) and transferred by H.M. Treasury to the National Trust, 1958; on loan from Hatchlands Drawing Room (HATCH/P/13)

Credit line

Hatchlands, The Goodhart-Rendel Collection (National Trust)

Makers and roles

manner of Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 - Mortlake 1700), artist

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Record Status

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