Winter

Winter is a circular Dutch landscape in which a gnarled, leafless tree dominates the left foreground, beside a cluster of red-brick buildings with turreted roofs. The frozen surface in the foreground is crowded with skaters and pedestrians, while a pale, cloudy sky opens above a distant row of trees. The color palette mixes warm brick tones with cool blues and grays, and the scene displays van Goyen’s 17th-century tonal landscape style with restrained forms and atmospheric depth.