Description: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, 114 x 160 mm. All four corners rounded. Very thin framing line in dark grey. No watermark. Chain lines: 28 mm.

The underlying sketch in chalk or graphite is barely perceptible, except in the background, where it has been left visible. The elegant skating couple and busy people on the ice, with a town in the distance, were a favourite theme. Comparable drawings are in the Royal Collection at Windsor. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 16]

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