Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis Jointly Acquire Hendrick Avercamp Winter Landscape

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Mauritshuis in The Hague have jointly acquired a winter landscape by 17th-century Dutch painter Hendrick Avercamp. Colf Players on the Ice (ca. 1625) marks the first time the two museums have collaborated on a joint purchase.The acquisition also represents the painting’s return to the Netherlands after decades abroad. In the 20th century, it was acquired by English art dealer Edward Speelman, who died in 1994, and his wife, Sally, who had put it on long