# Women’s Skating Competition on Stadsgracht, Leeuwarden, 21 January 1809

- By: Nicolaas Baur (Harlingen, 1767–1820)
- Date: 1810
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 59.7 cm x width 74.9 cm
- Credit line: Gift of Willem Jan Hacquebord and Houkje Anna Brandsma
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-5020--749bfb256f297e266ca7d475e66cc952)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/f3b8a5560d021256c551f755d9350e4c.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Thousands of people have flocked to see the final of a women’s skating competition. Houkje Gerrits Bouma crosses the finish line first. Elated, she throws up her arms in triumph. A boy has even climbed a tree to follow the event. During the winter season, everyone went out on the ice, and women commonly participated in speed skating as well.