NEER, AERT VAN DER

NEER, AERT VAN DER

(1603 Amsterdam 1677)

Landscape with river in the moonlight with a village and church.

Oil on panel.

Monogrammed centre bottom: AVDN.

46.5 x 70.5 cm.

Provenance:
- Collection of P. A. J. Knyff.
- Auction, Antwerp, 18.7.1785, Lot 185.
- 'Huygbregts' collection, acquired at the above auction.
- Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1967-1968, No. 16.
- Private collection, Montreal.
- Christie's, New York, 31.5.1990, Lot 122.
- Christie's, New York, 31.5.1991, Lot 69.
- Galerie Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, 1992-1993.
- Swiss private collection, acquired at the above gallery.

Literature:
- Groot, Cornelis Hofstede de: Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts. VII. Esslingen/Paris 1918, p. 385.
- Schulz, Wolfgang: Aert van der Neer, Ghent 2002, p. 432 with ill. Ill. 194, colour ill No. 56.