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Aert van der Neer

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22: 377: 293: 307: 265: 349: 335: 122: 194: 321: 363: 279: 182:, the home of Aelbert Cuyp, is sometimes found in his pictures, and substantial evidence exists that there was friendship between the two men. At some period of their lives they laid their hands to the same canvases, on each of which they left their joint mark. On some it was the signature of the name, on others the more convincing signature of style. There are landscapes in the collections of the dukes of 437: 480: 220:
picture Cuyp signs his name on the pail of a milkmaid, whose figure and red skirt he has painted with light effectiveness near the edge of Van Der Neer's landscape. Again, a couple of fishermen with a dog, and a sportsman creeping up to surprise some ducks, are Cuyp's in a capital Van Der Neer at the
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The same feeling and similar subjects are found in Cuyp and Van Der Neer, before and after their partnership, but Cuyp was the leading genius. Van Der Neer got assistance from him; Cuyp expected none from Van Der Neer. He carefully enlivened his friend's pictures, when asked to do so, with figures
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Van der Neer was barely able to support his family by selling his landscapes, which were not highly valued. In 1659 it seemed necessary to supplement his income by keeping a wine tavern, but two years later he went broke. He died at Kerkstraat in abject poverty, and his art was so little esteemed
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Van Der Neer's favourite subjects were the rivers and watercourses of his native country either at sunset or after dark. His peculiar skill is shown in realizing translucence which allows objects even distant to appear in the darkness with varieties of warm brown and steel greys. Another of his
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His pictures are not scarce. They are less valuable in the market than those of Cuyp or Hobbema; but, possessing a charm peculiarly their own, they are much sought after by collectors. Out of about one hundred and fifty pictures accessible to the public, the choicest selection is in the
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fancies is to paint frozen water, and his daylight icescapes with golfers, sleighers, and fishermen are as numerous as his moonlights. But he always avoids the impression of frostiness, which is one of his great gifts.
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In 1652 Van Der Neer witnessed the fire which consumed the old town-hall of Amsterdam. He made this accident the subject for two or three pictures, now in the galleries of
61:, 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 212:
and cattle. It is in pictures jointly produced by them that we discover Van Der Neer's presence at Dordrecht. We are near Dordrecht in the landscape sunset of the
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The earliest pictures in which Van Der Neer coupled his monogram of A.V. and D.N. interlaced with a date are a winter landscape in the
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that the pictures left by him were valued at about five shillings apiece. His son Eglon became a portrait painter himself.
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Spring 2009 newsletter (in Dutch) of the Stichting Gouden Eeuw Gorinchem (Gorinchem Golden Age Foundation).
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Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren
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paintings from his brush are to be found at the National Gallery and
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at Amsterdam (dated 1639), and another in the Martins collection at
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
216:, in which Cuyp evidently painted the foreground and cows. In the 175: 171: 90: 69:, and like the latter he lived and died in comparative obscurity. 20: 136: 139:(1642) immature works both, of poor quality. Far better is the 465:. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). pp. 340–341. 8: 502:Works and literature on Aert van der Neer 492:65 artworks by or after Aert van der Neer 383:Dutch landscape in moonlight with figures 28:(1647-49); Oil on wood; 57.5 Ă— 89.9 cm, 430: 428: 426: 424: 422: 420: 418: 192: 120: 457:Neer, van der s.v. Aernout van der Neer 395: 260: 7: 404:"Gouden Eeuw Gorinchem, Nieuwsbrief" 14: 478: 435: 375: 361: 347: 333: 319: 305: 291: 277: 263: 170:, and with the reaches of the 1: 313:Winter Landscape with Figures 299:Winter Landscape with Skaters 198:Moonlit Landscape with Bridge 126:Winter Landscape with Skaters 47: 271:Night Landscape with a River 95:Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen 53:– 9 November 1677), was a 564: 548:Artists from South Holland 528:Dutch Golden Age painters 77:Van der Neer was born in 538:Dutch landscape painters 218:National Gallery, London 151:collection in Brussels. 462:Encyclopædia Britannica 285:Landscape with Windmill 202:National Gallery of Art 341:Frozen river at sunset 208: 128: 32: 543:People from Gorinchem 487:at Wikimedia Commons 196: 124: 24: 449:Crowe, Joseph Archer 355:Winter Skating Scene 533:Dutch male painters 453:Konody, Paul George 147:(1644) once in the 251:Wallace Collection 209: 129: 33: 485:Aert van der Neer 483:Media related to 410:on 16 March 2012. 223:Staedel Institute 109:where he lived. 85:, he worked as a 55:landscape painter 36:Aert van der Neer 555: 482: 467: 466: 441: 439: 438: 432: 413: 411: 406:. Archived from 400: 379: 365: 351: 337: 327:Winter Landscape 323: 309: 295: 281: 267: 243:Saint Petersburg 143:(1643), and the 141:Winter Landscape 89:to the lords of 83:Arnold Houbraken 67:Meindert Hobbema 59:Dutch Golden Age 52: 49: 563: 562: 558: 557: 556: 554: 553: 552: 508: 507: 476: 471: 470: 447: 436: 434: 433: 416: 402: 401: 397: 392: 385: 380: 371: 369:River landscape 366: 357: 352: 343: 338: 329: 324: 315: 310: 301: 296: 287: 282: 273: 268: 259: 206:Washington D.C. 145:Moonlight Scene 119: 105:, not far from 81:. According to 75: 50: 17: 12: 11: 5: 561: 559: 551: 550: 545: 540: 535: 530: 525: 520: 510: 509: 506: 505: 499: 475: 474:External links 472: 469: 468: 414: 394: 393: 391: 388: 387: 386: 381: 374: 372: 367: 360: 358: 353: 346: 344: 339: 332: 330: 325: 318: 316: 311: 304: 302: 297: 290: 288: 283: 276: 274: 269: 262: 258: 255: 118: 115: 74: 71: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 560: 549: 546: 544: 541: 539: 536: 534: 531: 529: 526: 524: 521: 519: 516: 515: 513: 503: 500: 497: 493: 490: 489: 488: 486: 481: 473: 464: 463: 458: 454: 450: 445: 444:public domain 431: 429: 427: 425: 423: 421: 419: 415: 409: 405: 399: 396: 389: 384: 378: 373: 370: 364: 359: 356: 350: 345: 342: 336: 331: 328: 322: 317: 314: 308: 303: 300: 294: 289: 286: 280: 275: 272: 266: 261: 256: 254: 252: 248: 244: 240: 234: 230: 228: 224: 219: 215: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 152: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 127: 123: 116: 114: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 72: 70: 68: 64: 60: 56: 45: 41: 37: 31: 27: 23: 19: 16:Dutch painter 518:1600s births 494: at the 477: 460: 408:the original 398: 382: 368: 354: 340: 326: 312: 298: 284: 270: 235: 231: 210: 197: 153: 144: 140: 130: 125: 111: 107:Kalverstraat 76: 63:Aelbert Cuyp 43: 39: 35: 34: 30:Getty Center 25: 18: 523:1677 deaths 188:Westminster 133:Rijksmuseum 103:Nieuwe Kerk 51: 1603 512:Categories 504:at PubHist 390:References 160:Copenhagen 149:d'Arenberg 455:(1911). " 239:Hermitage 227:Frankfurt 180:Dordrecht 79:Gorinchem 73:Biography 446::  247:England 184:Bedford 164:Haarlem 87:steward 57:of the 40:Aernout 496:Art UK 440:  214:Louvre 168:Leiden 156:Berlin 117:Career 257:Works 245:. In 176:Rhine 172:Meuse 99:Eglon 91:Arkel 44:Artus 38:, or 498:site 186:and 174:and 166:and 158:and 137:Kiel 65:and 459:". 241:at 225:in 42:or 514:: 451:; 417:^ 253:. 229:. 204:, 178:. 48:c. 46:(

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Getty Center
landscape painter
Dutch Golden Age
Aelbert Cuyp
Meindert Hobbema
Gorinchem
Arnold Houbraken
steward
Arkel
Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen
Eglon
Nieuwe Kerk
Kalverstraat

Rijksmuseum
Kiel
d'Arenberg
Berlin
Copenhagen
Haarlem
Leiden
Meuse
Rhine
Dordrecht
Bedford
Westminster

National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C.

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