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Riders in the Snow in the Haagse Bos
Also titled Ruiters in de sneeuw in het Haagse Bos
Anton Mauve (Zaandam, 1838–1888)
1880
- Medium
- paper, deck paint, pencil, watercolor (paint)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 441 mm x width 267 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser, Montreux
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
As in his painting of the Morning Ride on the Beach (Gallery 1.18), Mauve shows the riders from behind. They are trotting away from the viewer in that silent wood. In the watercolour, the bare branches contrast sharply with the misty background, lit by an almost imperceptible winter sun. The whole scene seems to convey a sense of tranquillity and serenity.
