Aert van der Neer, or Aernout or Artus, was a landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, who specialized in small night scenes lit only by moonlight and fires, and snowy winter landscapes, both often looking down a canal or river.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 12
Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren (1647-49); Oil on wood; 57.5 × 89.9 cm, Getty Center
Winter Landscape with Skaters
Moonlit Landscape with Bridge, one of Van Der Neer's "nocturnes" (night scenes) (1648-1650); oil on panel; 78.4 x 110.2 cm (30 7/8 x 43 3/8 in.); on display, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
In their orbit 1
Artists born in the 1600s 6
About this person
Aert van der Neer, or Aernout or Artus, was a landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, who specialized in small night scenes lit only by moonlight and fires, and snowy winter landscapes, both often looking down a canal or river. He was a contemporary of Aelbert Cuyp and Meindert Hobbema, and like the latter he lived and died in comparative obscurity.
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1600 to 1677 · aged 77
Written about in
19 languages
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.