Oblong rectangular format; skating scene with sleighs and skaters on ice surrouned by buildings, including a prominent church, and ships in the background.
landscapes (representations)
paintings (visual works)
oak (wood)
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
varnishing
ice skating
Oak
Oil on Panel
Varnished
Skating
PICTURE, LANDSCAPE
In black paint in the lower left of the image is the artist's signature: Le Vital? or Le Virit? [could be a Dutch painter]. In pencil on the upper left panel is 36754-7 . [NFL cat.card reads: FVAK [for the signature].
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
12.75 x 17 x 0.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.491
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