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View of the Oosterpark, Amsterdam, in the Snow  1892

by George Hendrik Breitner

The winter of 1892 was exceptionally severe. From the studio of his friend Witsen, Breitner could see the snow-covered Oosterpark (then under construction), located in a new district of Amsterdam. Typical tall, late 19th-century houses are visible on the horizon. Breitner, always short of money, is said to have traded this painting for a bicycle rather than sell it through...
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Courtesy of Rijksmuseum