BEERSTRATEN, Jan Abrahamsz.
(b. 1622, Amsterdam, d. 1666, Amsterdam)

Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam

1660-65
Oil on canvas, 92 x 131 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Beerstraten drew and painted a number of views in Amsterdam and in nearby villages. They are usually winter landscapes with ice skaters and other figures in the foreground. The view of Sloten exists in two versions, the other, probably the earlier one, is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.