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Snowball
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Five women and a girl watch as three others roll a large snowball before a grey background with whirling snowflakes. This print is by the same artist as the quintych that Breitner owned (adjacent). Breitner was fascinated by such scenes; he loved depicting the city in the snow. Moreover, the print presents a variety of poses of women in kimonos.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSneeuwbal. c. 1794 - c. 1798. Utagawa Toyokuni (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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