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Aert van der Neer's painting Frozen River Scene. A large scale painting showing a community working around a frozen river. To the right of the image, we see a windmill, a church spire, and several residential buildings. The river sits in front of them, stretching across the entire foreground of the image. To the right of the frame, there is a boat pulled up on the bank, and lots of people playing on the ice. Some are ice skating, some seem to be using hockey sticks. Dark grey clouds fill the top of the frame, with patches of blue sky shining through. At the bottom of the image, and in the foreground, a row of chopped down trees and a wooden fence are depicted. Aert van der Neer's painting Frozen River Scene. A large scale painting showing a community working around a frozen river. To the right of the image, we see a windmill, a church spire, and several residential buildings. The river sits in front of them, stretching across the entire foreground of the image. To the right of the frame, there is a boat pulled up on the bank, and lots of people playing on the ice. Some are ice skating, some seem to be using hockey sticks. Dark grey clouds fill the top of the frame, with patches of blue sky shining through. At the bottom of the image, and in the foreground, a row of chopped down trees and a wooden fence are depicted.
Story | 21 February 2023

Talking Art: Frozen River Scene by Aert van der Neer

Aert van der Neer, Frozen River Scene. Image © Sheffield Museums

Sheffield‘s Visual Art collection includes several wonderful examples of Dutch landscape paintings. In our latest Talking Art short film, we explore a Graves Gallery favourite, Aert van der Neer’s Frozen River Scene (1641–1660).

 

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