# Enjoying the Ice near a Town

- By: Hendrick Avercamp (Amsterdam, 1585–1634)
- Date: c. 1620
- Medium: textile materials, wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 47 cm x width 89 cm
- Credit line: On loan from private collectors
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1705--368e399771917717acdad5c160dfe747)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/CCoww/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)

A beggar tries to scrounge a bit of money, and another man has cut a hole in the ice in the hope of catching fish. The needy have to toil to make a living; those who are better off amuse themselves on the ice: and the richest of all – in the right foreground – look on. A few well-to-do ladies wear velvet masks to protect the delicate skin around their eyes from the cold.