A moonlit wooded landscape with a horseman and other figures by a canal, a town beyond

Details

Aert van der Neer (Gorinchem 1603-1677 Amsterdam)
A moonlit wooded landscape with a horseman and other figures by a canal, a town beyond
signed with monogram 'AVDN' (lower left)
oil on canvas
54.9 x 86.1 cm.

Provenance

(Probably) George Nassau, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-1789), and by descent at Panshanger, Hertfordshire, through
Ethel, Lady Desborough (1867-1952); Her sale, (+) Christie's, London, 16 October 1953, lot 102 (130 gns. to Wiggins).
J.H. van Stratum, Geneva, and by descent to the present owner.

Literature

(Possibly) W. Schultz, Aert van der Neer, Doornspijk, 2002, p. 285, no. 659, as 'imitation'.

Special notice

“ ! ”: Lot is imported from outside the EU. For each Lot the Buyer’s Premium is calculated as 37.75% of the Hammer Price up to a value of €30,000, plus 31.7% of the Hammer Price between €30,001 and €1,200,000, plus 22.02% of any amount in excess of €1,200,000.

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Descriptif du lot

This beautifully preserved canvas is an excellent example of Aert van der Neer's distinctive mode of rendering moonlit landscapes. He began to specialise in painting nocturnes in the 1640s, demonstrating his mastery of light effects and his singular technique, often, as in this case, using the reverse end of the brush to create highlights or to define silhouetted shapes by scratching through wet paint to the ground.

We are grateful to Dr. Wolfgang Schultz, for confirming the attribution upon inspection of the original.

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