# Portrait of Mr and Mrs Thijssen on the Ice

- By: Jacobus Sörensen (Amsterdam, 1812–1857)
- Date: 1845
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 8.8 cm
- Credit line: H.K. Thijssen Bequest
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3025--4298264baa39b570c6da0d9180122452)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/ab43df0f85b3c86a41e70e1d600daa7e.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.