Les amusemens de l'hiver (after Adriaen van der Velde)
Jean Jacques Aliamet (Abbeville 1726 - Paris 1788)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1750
Materials
ink & paper
Measurements
280 x 370 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286475
Summary
Etching, Les amusemens de l'hiver (after Adriaen van der Velde) by Jean Jacques Aliamet (Abbeville 1726 - Paris 1788). A winter scene showing people curling. Some people are skating on the frozen pond, others push sledges or slide. In the background is a makeshift tent for shelter. Margins cut, part of a crest visible along base.
Makers and roles
Jean Jacques Aliamet (Abbeville 1726 - Paris 1788) , engraver (printmaker) after Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam 1636 – Amsterdam 1672), artist