# Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae/skating-at-sloten-near-amsterdam-r2145a4956beb22>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BEERSTRATEN, Jan Abrahamsz.](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 92 x 131 cm

## Commentary

Beerstraten drew and painted a number of views in Amsterdam and in nearby villages. They are usually winter landscapes with ice skaters and other figures in the foreground. The view of Sloten exists in two versions, the other, probably the earlier one, is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

## Related artworks

- [Capriccio of a Mediterranean Harbour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae/capriccio-of-a-mediterranean-harbour-r3983ab3ed1fc8c>)
- [Coastal Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae/coastal-landscape-r30e81b3d620fef>)
- [Galley in front of a Mediterranean Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae/galley-in-front-of-a-mediterranean-coast-r9aa8bd5f1b9edc>)
- [Mediterranean Harbour, with the Dutch Vessel Profeet Elias at Anchor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae/mediterranean-harbour-with-the-dutch-vessel-profeet-elias-at-anchor-rc737b3727fa8d6>)
- [Shipwreck in Stormy Seas, near a Rocky Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae/shipwreck-in-stormy-seas-near-a-rocky-coast-rb152ca237c463b>)
- [Village of Nieukoop in Winter with Child Funeral](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beerstraten-jan-abrahamsz-rd8b84fb7c172ae/village-of-nieukoop-in-winter-with-child-funeral-r1be5349bc1c83d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)