Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Signed (lower left): AVN [AV in monogram]
Gallery Label Van der Neer's special interest in effects of light and atmosphere found an ideal subject in the winter landscape. Here the brilliant illumination of the sunset is diffused throughout the landscape by its reflection in the ice. A mature work, the painting probably dates from about 1660.
Provenance ?P. Calkoen (until 1781; his sale, Amsterdam, September 10, 1781, no. 99, for 61 florins to Nijman); ?J. D. Nijman; Sir A. Robertson, Chatham, England; [Kleinberger, Paris and New York; sold to Friedsam]; Michael Friedsam, New York (by 1917–d. 1931)
Exhibition History New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Michael Friedsam Collection," November 15, 1932–April 9, 1933, no catalogue.
University of California at Los Angeles. March 15–April 30, 1954.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. June 15–July 31, 1955, no. ?
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 18, 2007–January 6, 2008, no catalogue.
References Guy Pène Du Bois. "Famous American Collections: The Collection of Mr. Michael Friedsam." Arts and Decoration 7 (June 1917), p. 402.A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century . 7, London, 1923, p. 453, no. 543, as "Winter Sports on a Broad Frozen River: Sunset," a panel, 8 1/2 x 13 1/2 in., in the P. Calkoen sale, Amsterdam, September 10, 1781, no. 99, sold for 61 florins to J. D. Nijman, possibly this picture.in The Michael Friedsam Collection . [completed 1928], p. 18, as "Winter Scene in Haarlem," signed AVDN, from the collection of Sir A. Robertson, Chatham, England.A Guide to Dutch Art in America . Grand Rapids, Mich., 1986, p. 191, dates it about 1660.Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, 2007, vol. 1, pp. 510–11, no. 131, colorpl. 131.
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