Discover painter, draftsperson, innkeeper Aert van der Neer

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: Neer, Aart van der
Neer, Aernout van der
Neer, Aart Eigrumsz.

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, innkeeper
in his spring years was a major with the Lords of Arkel (Houbraken 1721); was also a wine merchant

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Gorinchem (place) 1603
ca. 1603 (Van Dijk 2009; Schultz 2002: 1604); the exact date is unknown since the baptismal records have not been preserved

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1677-11-09

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: His father's name was Aegrom Aertsz van den Bosch, yet he called himself Van der Neer (Van Dijk 2010-11). Married to Lysbeth (Elisabeth) Goverts (Gevelts), sister of the painters Rafaël and Joachim Govertsz. Camphuysen, notice of marriage 16 March 1629; father of Eglon and Jan van der Neer.

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painted the figures in a number of Van der Neer's landscapes

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263 hits in RKDimages as artist
16 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
4076 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
15 hits in RKDtechnical as artist

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1632 - 1677
a painting on the name of A. Neranus, signed and dated AVNeeranus 1634, depicting Jephta being welcomed by his daughter, in the collection Mr. R.H.C. Taylor, c. 1959, shows a signature which resembles the signatures in the early works by Aert der Neer (M. de Kinkelder).

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Gorinchem (plaats) 1618 - 1632
Probably not yet active as an artist by 1618. During this youth, he was a 'majoor bij de heren van Arkel in Gorinchem' (Houbraken 1718-1721), and probably 'onderschout of stadhouder, gelijk voorheen dien post te Gorinchem genaamd werd, van den Drossaard van Gorinchem en den lande van Arkel [...], want eigenlijke Heeren Van Arkel waren er federt langen tijd, voor hem niet meer' (Van Eynden/Van der Willigen 1816-1840).
Amsterdam (stad) 1632 - 1677
dcumented c. 1632 in Amsterdam; shortly after 1630 (Tissink/De Wit 1987)

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Cuyp, Jacob Gerritsz.
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Neer, Eglon van der
Neer, Jan van der
Scheyndel, Gillis van (II)
Follower of: Camphuysen, Jochem Govertsz.
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Abels, Jacobus Theodorus
Borssom, Anthonie van
Cappelle, Jan van de
Manskirch, Franz Joseph
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Dahl, Johan Christian
Douzette, Louis
Freystein, Johanna Marianne
Gignoux, Regis François
Juel, Jens
Matthieu, Cornelis
Vermeulen, Cornelis (1732-1813)
Verreyt, Jean Jacob
Xylander, Wilhelm Ferdinand

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, landscape (genre), beach scene, winter landscape, marine (genre), architecture (genre)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 16 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 172
Van Eynden/Van der Willigen 1816-1840 , vol. 1 (1816), p. 93-96
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 7 (1918)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 25 (1931), p. 374-375
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 14 (1956), p. 141
Witt Checklist 1978
Sutton/Blankert 1987 , p. 381-387
Tissink/De Wit 1987 , p. 73
Schulz 2002
Saur 1992- , vol. 92 (2016), p. 106
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

A.D. de Vries Azn., 'Biografische aanteekeningen betreffende voornamelijk Amsterdamsche schilders, plaatsnijders, enz. en hunne verwanten' (III), Oud-Holland 3 (1885), p. 223-240; p. 234
A. Bredius, 'Aernout (Aert) van der Neer', Oud-Holland 18 (1900), p. 69-82; Oud-Holland 28 (1910), p. 56-57
F. Bachmann, 'Die Herkunft der Frühwerke des Aert van der Neer', Oud Holland 89 (1975), p. 213-222
B. Brauksiepe, 'Von A=Alsloot bis Z=Zapponi. Das künstlerische Erbe des Gillis van Coninxloo: eine Spurensuche', in: E.J. Hürkey, I. Bürgy-de Ruijter (eds.), Kunst, Kommerz, Glaubenskampf. Frankenthal um 1600 Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms, 1995 accompanying an exhibition with the same name in Erkenbert-Museum, Frankenthal (Pfalz), 27 May- 6 August 1995, p. 122-123
Y. Prins, 'Een familie van kunstenaars en belastingpachters. De kunstschilders Aert en Eglon van der Neer en hun verwanten', Jaarboek Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie 54 (2000), p. 189-253
R. van Dijk, in: Nieuwsbrief Stichting Gouden Eeuw Gorinchem, no. 3, Spring 2009 (as born in Gorinchem, 1603) (http://www.goudeneeuw.org/nieuwsbrief3.html)
R. van Dijk, in: Nieuwsbrief Stichting Gouden Eeuw Gorinchem, no. 7, Winter 2010-Spring 2011 (wrongly as born in 1601) (http://www.goudeneeuw.org/nieuwsbrief.html)
E. Löffler, 'Aert van der Neer: de ruïne van kasteel Rossum', RKD Bulletin 2012, no. 2, p. 126-129

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Archive location: archief Le Roy

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1992-02-01; Last modified date: 2023-09-13

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