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Skaters on a Frozen River
Hendrick Avercamp (Dutch, 1585–1634)
about 1610–15
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
21 x 37 1/4 in. (53.3 x 94.6 cm)
Framed: 85.1 x 126.4 cm (33 1/2 x 49 3/4 in.)
Framed: 85.1 x 126.4 cm (33 1/2 x 49 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession Number2023.486
OUT ON LOAN
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Signed
At bottom centre, on a barrel of beer: HA [interlaced]
ProvenanceJacobus J. Lauwers (b. 1753 - d. 1800), Amsterdam; December 13, 1802, posthumous Lauwers sale, Schley, Amsterdam, lot 5, sold to Willem Gruiter or Gruyter (dealer; b. 1763 - d. 1932), Amsterdam. Before 1900, Dr. Charles Mannheim (b. 1833 - d. 1910), Neuilly-sur-Seine; until 1966, by descent to his grandson, Dr. Charles Maillant (b. 1898 - d. 1993), Neuilly sur Seine [see note 1]. 1966, Jean Lenthal (dealer; b. 1914 – d. 1983), Paris [see note 2]. 1966, Terry-Engell Gallery, London [see note 3]. 1966, Douwes, Amsterdam [see note 4]. 1966 until about 1972, Dr. Max Leonard Slotover and Peggy Slotover, London. 1974, Leonard and David Koetser, London. 1974 until 1977, Mr. D. Crabtree, Cape Town. 1977, Leonard and David Koetser, Geneva [see note 5]. 1977, Diethelm Doll, Bad Godesberg, Germany [see note 6]. 1979, Deder, South Africa [see note 7]. July 5, 1995, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 11, bought in. July 10, 1998, anonymous (“Property of a Gentleman”) sale, Christie's, London, lot 38, withdrawn. January 22, 2004, anonymous (“Property of a Private Collector”) sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 26, sold to Richard Green, Noortman Master Paintings, and Johnny van Haeften, London [see note 8]; 2005, sold by Richard Green to Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, Naples, FL; 2023, gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2023)
NOTES:
[1] See Ariane van Suchtelen, Holland Frozen in Time (Zwolle, 2001), cat. no. 6, and Albert Blankert et al., Frozen Silence (Amsterdam, 1982), cat. no. 7. Born Charles Mayer, he would later gallicize his name to Maillant.
[2] According to Blankert 1982 (as above, n. 1).
[3] Fifteen Important Old Master Paintings (Terry-Engell Gallery, London, 1966/67), cat. no. 6.
[4] According to Suchtelen 2001 (as above, n. 1).
[5] Provenance regarding the Slotover collection and Leonard and David Koetser, London (1974) is according to Blankert 1982 (as above, n.1). Suchtelen 2001 (as above n. 1) notes that the painting was with Crabtree from 1974 until 1977.
[6] According to Frederik Duparc, Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Collection of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo (New Haven, 2011), cat. no. 4.
[7] According to Blankert 1982 (as above, n. 1).
[8] According to handwritten annotations in the sale catalogue.
NOTES:
[1] See Ariane van Suchtelen, Holland Frozen in Time (Zwolle, 2001), cat. no. 6, and Albert Blankert et al., Frozen Silence (Amsterdam, 1982), cat. no. 7. Born Charles Mayer, he would later gallicize his name to Maillant.
[2] According to Blankert 1982 (as above, n. 1).
[3] Fifteen Important Old Master Paintings (Terry-Engell Gallery, London, 1966/67), cat. no. 6.
[4] According to Suchtelen 2001 (as above, n. 1).
[5] Provenance regarding the Slotover collection and Leonard and David Koetser, London (1974) is according to Blankert 1982 (as above, n.1). Suchtelen 2001 (as above n. 1) notes that the painting was with Crabtree from 1974 until 1977.
[6] According to Frederik Duparc, Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Collection of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo (New Haven, 2011), cat. no. 4.
[7] According to Blankert 1982 (as above, n. 1).
[8] According to handwritten annotations in the sale catalogue.