The Little Ice Age; The Rijksmuseum presents the first survey of winter landscapes by Hendrick Avercamp
The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam presents the first exhibition devoted to Hendrick Avercamp, the foremost painter of Dutch winter landscapes in the 17th century. Avercamp was the first Dutch artist to specialize in paintings of winter landscapes featuring people enjoying the ice. Some 400 years on, our image of life in the harsh winters of the Golden Age is still dominated by Avercamp’s ice scenes with their splendid narrative details of couples skating, children pelting each other with snowballs and unwary individuals falling through the ice. In addition to twenty of his finest paintings, the exhibition features twenty-five of his best drawings from museums and private collections throughout the world. Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age runs from November 20, 2009 to February 15, 2010 at the Rijksmuseum. It will then appear at the National Gallery of Art in Washington from March 21 to July 5, 2010.
- Contact:
- Hélène Bothof
- h.bothof@rijksmuseum.nl
- +31 (0)20-6747172 / 330
