Catwyck on the Rhine
Abraham Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1639 - ? 1666) or Anthonie Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1637 - c.1665)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1662 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
920 x 1290 mm
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Melford Hall, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Dining Room, Melford Hall, Suffolk, East of England, National Trust
NT 926816
Caption
Dating from the beginning of the Little Ice Age, this painting depicts a group of people skating and playing games on the frozen River Rhine. On the right of the painting, groups of people hurry into church. In the foreground is a couple, possibly deciding between pleasure or prayer.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Catwyck on the Rhine by Abraham Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1639 - ? 1666) or Anthonie Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1637 - c.1665), signed and dated lower left: 1662. Winter scene with church, frozen river and skaters.
Provenance
Part of the Hyde Parker Collection, and by descent to Sir Richard Hyde Parker, 12th Baronet; Accepted in Lieu by HM Treasury in 1960 and loaned to the National Trust, Melford Hall; later transferred by the Treasury to the National Trust in 1984.
Credit line
Melford Hall, The Hyde Parker Collection (accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust, 1960)
Makers and roles
Abraham Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1639 - ? 1666) or Anthonie Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1637 - c.1665), artist Anthonie Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1637 - c.1665), artist Abraham Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1639 - ? 1666), artist