Andreas Schelfhout (1787 –1870), Duin landscape in Holland, oil on panel, 35 x 40 x 3 cm, the admiration for the summer and winter landscapes of Schelfhout was in the 40s that critics gave him praise nicknames, such as' Modern painter's prince of the landscape 'and' Claude Lorrain of Winter Faces'. The French painter Claude Lorrain (1600-1682) immersed his pastoral landscapes in moody morning light or evening twilight. The idyllic atmosphere that was created as a result was very admired in the 19th century. However, Lorrain's landscapes were strongly gëidealized, the winter landscapes of Schelfhout were based on reality and from their natural faithness and recognizable Dutch, winter atmosphere, they derived their success in particular. "Only as Schelfhout represents the winter, in the white robe and with the colorful crowd of skating riders, we find it not attractive in it," wrote a critic in the Kunstkronijk in 1841.