# Riders in the Snow in the Haagse Bos

- By: Anton Mauve (Zaandam, 1838–1888)
- Date: 1880
- Medium: paper, deck paint, pencil, watercolor (paint)
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 441 mm x width 267 mm
- Credit line: Gift of Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser, Montreux
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2443--3f257e794228318c944ce29c4937fefc)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/MmBmn/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)

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.