Skaters on a frozen waterway in a town

Details

Sebastian Vrancx (Antwerp 1573-1647)
Skaters on a frozen waterway in a town
oil on panel
25.9 x 37 cm.

Provenance

with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1934.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 2001, where bought by the present owner.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, De Helsche en de Fluwelen Brueghel, 10 February-26 March 1934, p. 52, no. 223.

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Sale Room Notice

Please note additional literature: A. Blankert, Museum Bredius, Catalogus van de schilderijen en tekeningen, Zwolle, 1991, p. 241, inv. no. 183.

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Lot Essay

Another version was sold recently with Artcurial- Briest- Poulain- F. Tajan, Paris, 22 June 2009, lot 7.

The present composition was part of a series of six pictures depicting each two months of the year. The present lot depicts the winter months December and January which is indicated by the girl on the left holding a 'duivekater-brood' which is traditionally baked between the 6 December (Sinterklaas) and 6 January (Pentecost).

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