# Ships in the Ice

- By: George Hendrik Breitner (Rotterdam, 1857–1923)
- Date: 1901
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 115 cm x width 163 cm
- Credit line: Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3585--80099e5e4f49a250da96670b7f3176ab)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9e12566c77bfc31070c7cafab810140c.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Using thick layers of dark paint, Breitner depicted traditional wooden boats. They seem to be robust and indestructible, but are stuck in the ice. Looming up behind their masts are large steel steamships painted in lighter, almost transparent colours. They sail in open water. Old and modern times are thus contrasted.