Enjoying the Ice near a Town, Hendrick Avercamp, circa 1620

Ice scene with countless small figures in a bird's eye view with frozen canals and flooded fields, within which trees, architecture and banks. Tents, a gallows and an unidentified cityscape in the distance. The figures in the foreground represent the various classes on the ice with their characteristic activities. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: circa 1620. Place of creation: Haarlem. Dimensions: height: 47 cm (18.5 in) ; width: 89 cm (35 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Rijksmuseum. IJsvermaak bij een stad Rijksmuseum SK-C-1705