17th Century Flemish School Animated Winter Scene

Flemish School, 17th Century – Lively Winter Scene Charming Flemish winter scene, oil on canvas signed and dated lower right (illegible). Village, ruins and skaters enliven this landscape, in the tradition of Brueghel's followers. Presented in a beautiful gilded rocaille frame. This canvas illustrates a lively winter landscape: In the foreground, a monumental fountain and figures conversing. In the center, a ruined tower lined with bare trees. In the background, a large frozen body of water where villagers indulge in the joys of skating. Further away, a church and buildings stand out against a late afternoon sky with orange and blue hues. The warm and contrasting palette, the attention to detail in the figures and the abundant narrative recall the works of 17th-century Flemish painters, following Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Relined painting