# A Frozen Canal near the River Maas

- By: Andreas Schelfhout (The Hague, 1787–1870)
- Date: 1867
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 70 cm x width 107 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1128--88c8e670d6671ca0ffe9308af74f6069)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/7589de95d74db3261783f226c89eb04f.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This winter landscape presents a typically Dutch river scene: a panoramic, tranquil world almost devoid of colour. The activity on the ice creates a cheerful accent. Schelfhout specialized in this genre. His frozen winter scenes, which allude to the 17th century, were extremely popular. They were even called ‘little Schelfhouts’.