Winter Landscape

Also titled Winterlandschap

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Middelburg, 1803–1862)

1835 - 1838

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
height 62 cm x width 75 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop 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

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

For this winter landscape, Koekkoek chose a hilly region in Gelderland or the German region of the Lower Rhine. Unlike his imposing forest views, this is a peaceful scene, with men pausing beside a sled laden with brushwood and vegetables. A panorama stretches out through the mist in the distance. The painting shows tranquil view of nature on a winter’s day, a world blanketed in a layer of pristine snow.