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Esaias van de Velde I
Cottages and Frozen River1629

Not on view
Small oil painting of a winter landscape with thatched farm buildings at left and figures on a frozen waterway at right, a church steeple visible in the distance
Small oil painting detail of a forest scene in warm amber and brown tones; a dark hunting dog trots across the foreground, with tree trunks and small figures visible in the middle distance; fine, precise brushwork.
Dark wax seal affixed to aged wooden surface, circular with scalloped edge, impressed with a coat of arms featuring a key and other heraldic devices, surrounded by a Latin inscription border.
Artist or Maker
Esaias van de Velde I
Northern Netherlands, 1587-1630
Title
Cottages and Frozen River
Date Made
1629
Medium
Oil on paper, mounted on wood panel
Dimensions
Panel: 8 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (21.27 × 33.66 cm) Framed: 13 × 17 1/2 × 1/2 in. (33.02 × 44.45 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter
Accession Number
M.2009.106.15
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Note (1)[D. A. Hoogendijk & Co., Amsterdam].(2) Private collection, Groningen, ca. 1948–80; Private collection, Wassenaar, 1980; [Nystad, The Hague, in 1980, sold 1981 to]; Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter, given 2009 to; LACMA.

Footnotes

(1) On the back of the panel is a gray wax seal with three horizontally displayed keys and an illegible remnant of a red wax seal.

(2) According to Nystad.

Selected Bibliography
  • Walsh, Amy L. The Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carter Collection of Dutch Paintings. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019. https://archive.org/details/Carter_Collection_Dutch_Paintings (accessed May 23, 2022).