Winter landscape with houses

The scene is a winter riverscape with a broad, cloud-filled sky taking up most of the canvas, a frozen river in the middle ground, and houses with bare trees along the banks on the right, with additional buildings and boats on the left. Small figures walk and skate on the ice, and several boats and masts punctuate the waterways, creating depth toward the distant horizon. The color palette is subdued, with browns, grays, blues, and pale ochre tones, and the light is soft and diffused, giving the scene a restrained, atmospheric feel typical of Aert van der Neer’s winter landscapes.