Skaters on the Serpentine in Hyde Park (1786)

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The painting depicts a lively winter scene with several people ice skating on a frozen lake. In the foreground, three figures are prominently displayed: two men and a woman, all elegantly dressed in 18th-century attire, holding hands as they skate. The man in the center wears a white coat and a tricorn hat, the lady to his left is clad in a beige dress with a blue scarf, and the man on the right sports a grey coat. Their expressions suggest joy and exhilaration.Behind this central trio, various other skaters perform different activities: some skate alone, others in pairs, and a few have fallen on the ice. One figure, towards the left, has taken a dramatic fall and is being attended to by another. The background features leafless trees and rustic thatched-roof cottages that imply a rural setting. Further out, across the lake, more buildings can be seen, suggesting the proximity to a town or city. The sky above is a wash with soft clouds signaling a cold but pleasant day.

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Julius Sergius von Klever was a Baltic German landscape painter.

His father was a chemist who taught pharmacology at the Veterinary Institute. He displayed artistic talent at an early age and took lessons from Konstantin von Kügelgen. After completing his primary education, was enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts where, at his father's insistence, he studied architecture. After a short time, however, he began to take landscape painting classes; first with Sokrat Vorobiev, then Mikhail Clodt.