Andreas Schelfhout 1787 - 1870 Dutch Skating Painting Oil on Panel

Andreas Schelfhout 1787 - 1870 Dutch Skating Painting Oil on Panel  Highly acclaimed Dutch artist, famous for winter canal scenes. Similar Dutch skating scene paintings have sold for over $712,000 at Christie's Amsterdam (see Askart sales record)  Oil on panel, signed lower right. Size: sight 8 inches tall, 12 inches tall. Framed 18 inches tall, 21.75 inches wide. Heavy gilded and carved frame. Condition: Needs cleaning, frame is in need of some repair. $59.99  US fixed rate shipping. Bio of Andreas Schelfhout Andreas Schelfhout (February 16, 1787, The Hague - April 19, 1870, The Hague) was a Dutch painter, etcher* and lithographer*, known for his landscape paintings.He belongs to the Romantic* movement. His Dutch winter scenes and frozen canals with skaters were already famous during his lifetime. He became one of the most influential Dutch landscape artists of his century.He started as a house painter in the framing business of his father. He already started painting pictures in his