The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Mauritshuis in The Hague announced on September 15, 2026 the joint acquisition of Hendrick Avercamp's 'Colf Players on the Ice' (c. 1625) for an estimated $13 million - the first time the two institutions have pooled resources at this scale. The 28.6 x 51.3 cm oil-on-panel winter landscape, previously in the American collection of Edward and Sally Speelman and long on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, returns to the Netherlands as a landmark of Dutch public heritage. At $13 million it becomes the second most expensive Avercamp at auction or private sale, behind 'A Winter Scene with Many Figures Skating on a Frozen River' ($8.68 million, Sotheby's New York, 2004). The painting will be shown on a rotating basis between Amsterdam and The Hague, and is also the earliest known depiction of 'colf', the ice game regarded as the direct ancestor of modern golf. Before joining the museums' displays it will star in 'Avercamp Back in Kampen: the 17th Century through the Eyes of Hendrick & Barent' at the Stedelijk Museum Kampen, October 3, 2026 to January 10, 2027.