# Winter

- By: Jan van Goyen (Leiden, 1596–1656)
- Date: 1625
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: frame: height 44 cm x width 44.5 cm x depth 5.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3946--e43f1c48afeed52db1d3aa4e9841e3c2)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/czGzQ/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)

This winter scene accompanies a summer landscape on view elsewhere in this gallery. When Van Goyen painted the two little pictures in 1625, he rested on a long tradition. As early as the Middle Ages, artists portrayed the seasons by means of landscapes with people engaged in typical seasonal activities.