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Portrait of Mr and Mrs Thijssen on the Ice
Also titled Portret van de heer en mevrouw Thijssen op het ijs
Jacobus Sörensen (Amsterdam, 1812–1857)
1845
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 8.8 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- H.K. Thijssen Bequest
- 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
To our knowledge, Mrs and Mr Thijssen are the only individuals in the Netherlands to have had themselves portrayed standing on the ice. This was probably because wealthier citizens considered skating a bit vulgar at the time. Consequently, neither Mr nor Mrs Thijssen are wearing skates. Regrettably, we do not know why they chose such a wintry setting or why Mr Thijssen appears to be gesturing towards other people on the ice.
