Who painted “Winter landscape with skaters”?

“Winter landscape with skaters” was painted by Hendrick Avercamp in 1608. Where to see it: Rijksmuseum.

What to look for

Baroque: Renaissance painting is calmer and evenly lit; Rococo after it is lighter, paler and playful. Dutch Golden Age painting is the Protestant, everyday side of the same century.

Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) – May 15, 1634 (buried)) was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age of painting. He was one of the earliest landscape painters of the 17th-century Dutch school, he specialized in painting the Netherlands in winter. Wikipedia

Test yourself: a round on Hendrick Avercamp

More by Hendrick Avercamp

“A Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle”, 1608
“A Scene on the Ice near a Town”, 1615
“Winter Landscape”, 1605
“Enjoying the Ice near a Town”, 1620
“Ball game on the ice”, 1609
“Ice skating and sledding”, 1609
“Ice Scene”, 1610
“Frolicking on a frozen canal in a town”, 1617