File:Winter landscape with elegant figures on the ice before a town.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Adriaen Pietersz. van der Venne, Adriaen van der Venne, Adrianus Vennius
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker, illustrator and publisher
Date of birth/death	circa 1589 date QS:P,+1589-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	12 November 1662
Location of birth/death	Delft	The Hague
Work location	Delft (1605), Antwerp (1607), Middelburg (1614-1625), The Hague (1625-1662)
Authority file	: Q367865 VIAF: 107012486 ISNI: 0000000110320428 ULAN: 500009810 LCCN: n85065308 MusicBrainz: fdb6f3f0-95a1-4cb5-9239-530fa5c2afac WorldCat

Object type

painting

Description

English: Winter landscape with elegant figures on the ice before a town

Date

circa 1615

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 15.5 cm (6.1 in); width: 24.9 cm (9.8 in)

Object history

by 1922
date QS:P,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: acquired by Admiral Rudolf Montecuccoli (1843–1922), Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (1904–1913), Baden, Austria (his coat-of-arms on the reverse of the panel), from Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
by 1922
date QS:P,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: acquired by Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
, from Admiral Rudolf Montecuccoli (1843–1922), Baden-bei-Wien
unspecified date: inherited by a private foundation, from Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717

Inscriptions

Monogram bottom left:

AVV

Signature bottom center:

BRUEGHEL

Source/Photographer

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/old-master-british-paintings-evening-l14033/lot.3.html

Licensing

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