▁engineer ▁ ▁Br ø d rene ▁Hart mann , ▁a ▁Dan ish ▁public ▁corpor ation ▁ ▁Hart man , ▁ang lic ized ▁form ▁of ▁Hart mann ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : G erman - language ▁s urn ames ▁Category : J ew ish ▁s urn ames <0x0A> </s> ▁Draw ing ▁the ▁E el ▁is ▁a ▁mid ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁painting ▁by ▁Dutch ▁artist ▁Sal omon ▁van ▁Ru ys da el . ▁Done ▁in ▁oil ▁on ▁wood , ▁the ▁painting ▁dep ict s ▁a ▁traditional ▁Dutch ▁festival ▁past ime ▁of ▁pal ing tre k ken , ▁trans lat able ▁to ▁" E el ▁pulling " ▁or ▁" E el ▁drawing ". ▁Van ▁Ru ys da el ' s ▁work ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art , ▁and ▁is ▁considered ▁historian ▁Walter ▁Lied t ke ▁to ▁be ▁" One ▁of ▁the ▁fin est ▁paint ings ▁acquired ▁by ▁the ▁Museum ▁in ▁its ▁found ing ". ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁Set ▁in ▁a ▁mid ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁Dutch ▁village , ▁Draw ing ▁the ▁E el ▁dep ict s ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁att ending ▁a ▁winter time ▁festival . ▁The ▁crowd ▁is ▁con greg ated ▁around ▁a ▁structure ▁( pres umed ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁inn ), ▁watching ▁children ▁part ake ▁in ▁an ▁activity ▁- ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁pal ing tre k ken , ▁or ▁e el ▁pulling ▁ ▁- ▁in ▁which ▁an ▁e el ▁is ▁str ung ▁on ▁a ▁line ▁is ▁pl uck ed ▁down ▁by ▁rid ers ▁passing ▁on