Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 Den Haag – 1870 ebenda

WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES ON THE ICE Oil on wood. 29.5 x 24.7 cm. Signed "A. Schelfhout" lower right. In a magnificent gilt frame. Under a high sky in the slightly reddish light of the setting sun, a snow-covered landscape with a small frozen river meandering from the wider foreground through a low bridge to a village in the background, from which a church can be seen. On the ice are a few figures with sledges and skates, as well as a hunter with a rifle. To the left is a tall, bare, widely branching old tree. Atmospheric painting, conveying the atmosphere of a winter's day. The painting was probably created around 1812. His landscapes were already very popular during his lifetime. He painted them carefully, with great technical refinement and a strong sense of anecdotal detail. Schelfhout was one of the greatest specialists in Dutch landscape painting of the 19th century. His paintings visibly hark back to the great Dutch tradition of the 17th century. Schelfhout's pupils included Charles Henry Joseph Leickert (1816-1907), Johan-Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) and Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862), Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn (1817-1897) and Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom (1805-1880). (14012417) (18) Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 The Hague - 1870 ibid. WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES ON ICE Oil on panel. 29.5 x 24.7 cm. Signed "A. Schelfhout" lower right.