Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen River

Aert van der Neer

This is an autograph work by van der Neer with an authentic monogram in the lower left.

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Title: Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen River
Creator: Aert van der Neer
Creator Lifespan: 1603/04 - 1677
Creator Nationality: Dutch
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Amsterdam
Creator Birth Place: Gorkum
Tags: Dutch
Provenance: Frederik Müller & Cie., Amsterdam, C.U.Palm, Bukowskis, Stockholm, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, Stockholm 1904
Physical Dimensions: w400 x h285 mm (Without frame)
Painter: Aert van der Neer
Artist info: Aert van der Neer is best known for his nocturnal landscapes and winter scenes. His mastery of light effects is revealed in his many darkened landscapes lit by a full moon or a burning building as well as by his sensitivity to the appearance of light on water and ice. According to one of his earliest biographers, Arnold Houbraken, van der Neer worked as a steward for some years while living in or near Gorkum. By 1630 he had moved to Amsterdam where he devoted himself to painting, and where his son, the figure and portrait painter, Eglon Hendrick van der Neer, was born. Van der Neer kept an inn in Amsterdam from 1659. He was declared bankrupt in 1662.
Type: Oil on panel
External Link: Image DIG 4509

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