#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Winter Landscape (1811) ☆CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH (1774-1840)▪︎At first glance, trees in a snowy landscape.. After a deep focus, we see a man fervently praying to God under the cross. He dropped his crutches nearby▪︎🏛National Gallery-LONDON

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Rome under the Snow (1730) ☆GIOVANNI PAOLO PANINI (1691-1765)▪︎Master of the Roman vedutes, who was inspired by Canaletto. Here he has rendered Rome photographically faithful after a real snowstorm in 1730▪︎🏛Fondazione Sorgente Group-ROME

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Winter Landscape with Figures on a Frozen River near a Tower (1849) ☆CHARLES LEICKERT (1816-1907)▪︎A painting of an idyllic Dutch landscape in winter sunshine by a Belgian master. Great details of the brick tower▪︎🏛@RijksmuseumT-ENSCHEDE

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Winter Landscape (1630) ☆JOOS DE MOMPER II (1564-1635)▪︎The painter was inspired by P.Bruegel I. He even collaborated with his son Jan on some paintings. Here he depicted the daily work of people in freezing weather▪︎🏛North Carolina Museum of Art-RALEIGH

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch (1795) ☆HENRY RAEBURN (1756-1823)▪︎Winter mood on a frozen lake. A Scottish portraitist painted his masterly skating friend, a member of the skating society▪︎🏛National Galleries of Scotland-EDINBURGH

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Farmyard in Winter (1858) ☆GEORGE HENRY DURRIE (1820-1863)▪︎He is best known for his winter countryside scenes. In his paintings there is life with a lot of remarkable details of people and animals▪︎🏛The White House Collection-WASHINGTON

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □The Snowstorm or Winter (1786) ☆FRANCISCO GOYA (1746-1828)▪︎The painting is part of the Master's Four Seasons series. The depiction of the hard life of peasants in the harsh winter bears signs of social realism▪︎🏛Museo del Prado-MADRID

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Winter Scene with Skaters (1700) ☆JAN GRIFFIER I (1652-1718)▪︎It is good to zoom in on the details of the painting by the Dutch master to see the buildings, boats, people and life in the cold in the 17th century▪︎🏛Hallwylska Museet-STOCKHOLM

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Winter Landscape (1811) ☆CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH (1774-1840)▪︎The theme of this painting of a lonely wanderer among bare trees was set to music by Franz Schubert in his cycle Winter Journey▪︎🏛State Museum-SCHWERIN

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Graveyard under Snow (1826) ☆CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH (1774-1840)▪︎The Master's gloomy painting full of sadness. On the second wooden grave cross, he mysteriously inscribed the year of the creation of the painting▪︎🏛Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig-LEIPZIG

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Red School House (Country Scene) (1858) ☆GEORGE HENRY DURRIE (1820-1863)▪︎Winter fun around the one-room school house. Probably in the State of Connecticut, where the master mostly traveled and painted village life▪︎🏛The Metropolitan Museum of Art-NEW YORK

#GreatWinterPaintings □Christmas Tree (1955) ☆JOSEF LADA (1887-1957)▪︎Famous Czech painter and illustrator (The Good Soldier Svejk). His pictures caress the soul and open memories of childhood. Posted with permission of the LADA family▪︎🏛joseflada.cz - HRUSICE

#GreatWinterPaintings □Window with a Tree & Poor People (1945) ☆JOSEF LADA (1887-1957)▪︎The Czech master painted these most charming winter and Christmas pictures in the war and post-war period. Posted with permission of the LADA family▪︎🏛joseflada.cz - HRUSICE

#GreatWinterPaintings □Silent Night (1951) ☆JOSEF LADA (1887-1957)▪︎Christmas night in the idyllic village of Hrusice near Prague, where the Czech master was born and often stayed and worked. Posted with permission of the LADA family▪︎🏛joseflada.cz - HRUSICE

#GreatPaintingsByOldMasters □Twelfth Night Feast (1662) ☆JAN STEEN (1625-1679)▪︎A final look back at the end of the Christmas season... Up until the late 19th century, it was a time of feasting and merriment, second in importance only to Christmas Day▪︎🏛Museum of Fine Arts, Boston-BOSTON

#GreatWinterPaintings □The Meebrug in Bruges Covered with Snow (1893) ☆FLORI VAN ACKER (1858-1940)▪︎A fairytale winter depiction of the popular Belgian town with the bridge from 1390 by a native of Bruges. Pity that the painting is now in storage▪︎🏛Groeningemuseum-BRUGES

#GreatWinterPaintings □Central Park, Winter (1905) ☆WILLIAM GLACKENS (1870-1938)▪︎A view of winter fun in Central Park painted a bit through rose-colored glasses in then-rough New York. From a representative of the Ashcan school idealizing urban life▪︎🏛The Metropolitan Museum of Art-NEW YORK

#GreatWinterPaintingsByOldMasters □Enjoying the Ice near a Town (1620) ☆HENDRICK AVERCAMP (1585-1634)▪︎The master of winter paintings omitted buildings and nature and depicted the diversity of people, both wealthy and poor, and a radiating frost▪︎🏛Rijksmuseum-AMSTERDAM

#ChristmasStoryByOldMasters □The Adoration of the Shepherds (1745) ☆GIUSEPPE MARIA CRESPI (1665-1747)▪︎Nativity scenes, depicted in chiaroscuro in the poorest stables in Bethlehem, are among the most impressive.This is how we imagine the birth of Jesus▪︎🏛Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden-DRESDEN

#GreatPaintingsByOldMasters □Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) ☆CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH (1774-1840) ▪︎ ✨️HAPPY JOURNEY THROUGH THE NEW YEAR 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ ✨️ ▪︎ 🏛Hamburger Kunsthalle-HAMBURG