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Skating Scene with a Tent and Numerous Figures on a Wide River

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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A winter landscape looking across a broad frozen river, with groups of people skating. A tall narrow tent stands on the far left foreground, with a flag attached to the crossbeam. Groups of people gather in front of the tent including a group seated in a sledge, pulled by a horse. There are three figures seated together on a grassy bank in the bottom left corner. Groups of figures are in the foreground to the right, including a figure pushing two people in a small sledge; two boys play with a ball. A second tent is in the background to the far right, also flying a flag. On the distant horizon a church spire, two windmills and another tent are clearly visible.
Title

Skating Scene with a Tent and Numerous Figures on a Wide River

Date

1661

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 39 x W 51.1 cm

Accession number

1979.492

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Edgar and Effie Assheton Bennett, 1979

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : b, centre to l : artist's initial and date : P 1661 (?)

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