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Dutch Ice Sledges with Koog aan de Zaan in the Background, ca. 1775
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Dutch Ice Sledges with Koog aan de Zaan in the Background, ca. 1775

Simon Fokke · 1774 - 1776 · etching; paper

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Winter scene with Dutch ice boats. Ice sailing, sleds, and skaters on the frozen Zaan; in the background, windmills and houses of Koog aan de Zaan, ca. 1775. From left to right, the windmills are: oliemolen De Reus, loodwitmolen De Rob, pelmolen De Pelikaan, and oliemolen De Christoffel or Broodkorf. The last two windmills stood on the so-called Koger Hem. Below the image, a line of text in Dutch. Marked top right: Pl. IX. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Play and Entertainment; Ice Entertainment, Ice skates, ice skating wheel.

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printice-sailing (winter sports)skates (winter sports)windmillZaanse SchansKoog aan de ZaanZaandam
Credit lineHollandse ijsschuitjes met op de achtergrond Koog aan de Zaan, ca. 1775. 1774 - 1776. Simon Fokke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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