# City Walls in Winter

- By: Willem Schellinks (Amsterdam, 1627–1678)
- Date: c. 1650 - c. 1670
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 74 cm x width 105 cm
- Credit line: H.A. Insinger-van Loon Bequest, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2112--80f6acb6e6f0b27f6187733cef143dab)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/043f7915f552fe20fb2afa596c4cba43.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A canal running alongside a fortified city disappears into the distance, the city walls in ruins and the bridge collapsed. In the background at right is a glowing furnace, where marble is burned to make chalk. These motifs, often found in paintings by Dutch Italianates, have here been shifted to a cold wintery day.