# Villagers Skating on a Frozen Pond

- By: Esaias van de Velde I (Dutch, 1587 - 1630)
- Date: 1625
- Medium: black chalk with brown wash on laid paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 18.9 x 14.3 cm (7 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Netherlandish
- Credit line: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.91173.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/eee010b1-4484-43aa-9f1e-1eced1c789ed/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)