Gouache, Jabes Heenck, 1779

gouache, Jabes Heenck, 1779, Signature front, bottom left: J. Heenck 177 [?], gouache, paper, painted, Carrier: 31.3 x 37.2cm 313 x 372mm, Clear opening: 32 x 37.8cm 320 x 378mm, With passe-partout: 42.5 x 60cm 425 x 600mm, church, moat, woman, house, cityscape, man, ice, bridge, Leiden, Gouache with the depiction of ice entertainment on the Galgewater, by a rising moon seen from the Lange Houten Bridge. On the left you can see the city carpenter yard, on the right in the background the Bostel Bridge leading to Kort Rapenburg. The Marekerk and the former Vrouwekerk will rise behind the houses of the former Paardensteeg and the Apothekersdijk. Many figures are depicted on the ice, including men and women on skates, a dog and on the right a stall with biscuit and soap. Signed lower left, 1905. (photo by: Sepia Times/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)