# A Winter Landscape [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUYSDAEL, Salomon van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 39 x 55 cm ## Commentary In this painting a winter landscape with skaters on a frozen river by a church is depicted. Winter landscapes are very rare in Salomon van Ruysdael's oeuvre, those with skating scenes date from 1653 onwards. Although Ruysdael did base some of his winter landscapes within real topographical settings, the present view is probably imaginary, the church depicted here has not been identified. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 11 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_rv297\_winter.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor RV 297 op. 8 No. 4 \(Winter\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Country Road]() - [A Ferry Boat near Arnheim]() - [Drawing the Eel]() - [Dutch Vessels at the Mouth of an Estuary \(detail\)]() - [Dutch Vessels at the Mouth of an Estuary]() - [Ferry near Gorinchem \(detail\)]() - [Ferry near Gorinchem]() - [Fishing Boats on a River]() - [Halt at an Inn \(detail\)]() - [Halt at an Inn]() - [Landscape \(detail\)]() - [Marine]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()