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Winter Scene with Skaters
Jan Griffier (ca 1652-1718)1652-1718
Hallwyl Museum
Stockholm, Sweden
The winter scene in this painting is very typical of Griffier with its minute details and bustling life in a mountainous landscape. His landscapes are reminiscent of earlier generations of painters like Pieter Breughel the elder and Hendrick Avercamp, and thus stand out from his contempraries. The painting is signed GRIFFIER.
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Details
- Title: Winter Scene with Skaters
- Creator: Jan Griffier (ca 1652-1718)
- Creator Lifespan: 1652 - 1718
- Creator Nationality: Dutch
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: London
- Creator Birth Place: Amsterdam
- Date Created: 1652-1718
- Tags: Dutch
- Provenance: Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, C.U.Palm, Bukowskis, Stockholm, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, Stockholm 1904.
- Physical Dimensions: w550 x h430 mm (Without frame)
- Painter: Jan Griffier
- Artist info: Jan Griffier was one of several Dutch artists who travelled to England, away from the maddening rivalry in Holland. After completing a commission to decorate the great hall of the London Company of Painters-Stainers in 1677 Griffier was elected member of the guild and remained in London. During the later apart of his life he tried to settle down in Amsterdam again, but eventually decided to return to London.
- Type: Oil on copper
- External Link: Image DIG 4496
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