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Jan van Kessel

Winter Landscape with Skater

1662
brush and black ink and grey wash over black chalk on cream laid paper; brown ink framing line

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Frozen canals in 17th-century Holland were a mainstay of entertainment for skaters like the one seen in this drawing, providing access from town to town like roads.

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