Wooded Landscape with Hunter/Winter Landscape
c. 1642 - 1643
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
37; 58.7; 1.1; 6
About this artwork
support: height 37 cm x width 58.7 cm x thickness 1.1 cm
Art Historical Context
Aert van der Neer'sWooded Landscape with Hunterinter Landscape* (c 1642–1643) captures the serene beauty of the Dutch countryside in oil on panel, a compact format (37 × 58.7 cm) ideal for intimate cabinet paintings during the Dutch Golden Age. modest-sized work, now housed in the Rijks, exemplifies van der Ne mastery of atmospheric landscapes, where he often evoked the moody tranquility of winter twilight or wooded scenes. As a leading figure in 17th-century Dutch landscape painting, van der Neer specialized in tonal works that emphasized subtle light effects and seasonal changes, moving bey...