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Hendrick Avercamp

Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel, c. 1626

Not on View

Medium

pen and black and gray ink with watercolor, gouache, and graphite on laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

overall: 19.9 x 33.1 cm (7 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

Accession Number

2006.11.3

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Avercamp (artist) Dutch, 1585 - 1634

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in gray watercolor: HA; by later hand, lower left verso in pen and brown ink: 1823 WE 63+ G. Hibberts colln Stomme van Campen

Provenance

George Hibbert [1757-1837], London; William Esdaile [1758-1837] (Lugt 2617), London; (sale, London, Christie's, 18-25 June 1840, lot 1178); John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929] (Lugt 1507), London; Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932] (Lugt 1351), London; by descent to Eric Oppenheimer (sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1976, lot 150); (Martyn Gregory, London); (sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 1981, lot 121); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Esdaile, William
Gregory Gallery, Martyn
Heseltine, John Postle
Hibbert, George
Oppenheimer, Henry
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Andrea
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1929: Exhibition of Dutch Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1929, no. 554.

1953: Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953, no. 329.

1983: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 50.

1986: Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 71.

1986: Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 59.

1987: Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 60.

1990: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 74.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 67.

2006: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

2018: Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2018, unnumbered brochure, fig. 11.

Bibliography

1903: Heseltine, J.P. Reproductions of Original Drawings in Colour from the Collection of J.P. Heseltine. 1903: no. 4.

1933: Welcker, Clara J. Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634), bijgenaamd "De Stomme van Campen" en Barent Avercamp (1612-1679), "Schilders tot Campen". Zwolle, 1933: 253, no. T.129.

1956: S.n. Illustrated London News, Christmas ed. (1956): 20.

1974: Hasselt, Carlos van. Dessins flamands et hollandais du dix-septième siècle. Exh. cat. Rotterdam; Boymans-van Beuningen Museum and Paris; Institut Néerlandais, 1974: mentioned under no. 3.

1976: Herbert, John, ed. Christie's Review of the Season 1976. New York, 1976: 104 (repro.).

1977: Hasselt, Carlos van. Rembrandt and his Century: Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from the Frits Lugt Collection, Institut Néerlandais. Ex cat. New York; Pierpont Morgan Library and Paris; Institut Néerlandais, 1977-78: mentioned under no. 1.

1979: Welcker, Clara J. Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634), bijgenaamd "De Stomme van Campen" en Barent Avercamp (1612-1679), "Schilders tot Campen". Edited by D.J. Hensbroek-van der Poel. Rev. ed. Doornspijk, 1979: nos. T.129, T.130.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 67.