Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 203 works by Aert van der Neer in our catalogue
In short
Of all the originals Aert van der Neer left, the most famous is River in Winter (1645), in the collection of the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Close behind it come River Landscape by Moonlight, c. 1650-1659 (1659) and A Frozen River near a Village, with Golfers and Skaters. Our catalog holds 203 works by Aert van der Neer; the gallery has kept the 100 the world admires most, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
To gaze upon Aert van der Neer’s depiction of a river in winter is to step across the threshold into a moment suspended between seasons—a breath held by the cold, crystalline air. This painting does not merely record a scene; it captures an atmosphere, a profound sense of quietude that settles deep within the viewer's bones. The composition draws the eye along the frozen expanse, where the water, though seemingly…
To gaze upon this depiction of a river landscape by moonlight is to step across a threshold into a realm suspended between waking life and dream. Aert van der Neer, master chronicler of the Dutch nocturnal scene, has gifted us a vision where the mundane beauty of nature is elevated to something profoundly ethereal. The composition centers on a gently flowing river, its surface catching the cool, silvery luminescence cast…
A pale, frozen river dominates the center of the canvas, a wide ribbon of ice cutting through a Dutch village. The air feels heavy with the chill of an overcast day, where light does not strike but rather settles, diffused and soft, over the snow-covered ground. Buildings line the banks, their dark, earthy tones providing a sturdy frame for the pale expanse of the waterway. Figures move across the ice,…
In the quiet transition between day and night, there exists a fleeting moment where the world seems suspended in a golden amber. It is this precise, ephemeral magic that Aert van der Neer captures so profoundly in his masterpiece, Landscape at Sunset. Painted around 1650, this work is far more than a mere topographical record of a Dutch river; it is a poetic meditation on the passage of time and…
The scene unfolds in An Evening View near a Village, a work by the Dutch Golden Age painter Aert van der Neer. Created about 1650, this oil on canvas captures a tranquil evening scene near a village. The atmosphere feels heavy with the quietude of the Dutch Golden Age landscape, a moment where the day begins to surrender to the approaching night. It is a glimpse into a specific, peaceful…
The air feels heavy with the quiet chill of 1660 as we encounter Dutch Winter Scene. This work by Aert van der Neer captures a moment frozen in time, where the vastness of a winter sky meets the rhythmic movement of life upon the ice. We find ourselves looking out over a wide, expansive landscape that stretches toward a distant horizon, where the silhouettes of windmills stand against the pale…
The night air feels heavy and cool as the moon breaks through a thick layer of clouds, casting a silvered glow across the Dutch landscape. A quiet river stretches toward a luminous horizon, its surface acting as a liquid mirror for the celestial light above. On the left, the dark silhouettes of buildings and trees press against the edge of the water, their forms softened by the hazy atmosphere. Small…
A Village by a River in Moonlight is a nocturnal landscape by Aert van der Neer. The artist, born in Gorinchem, Netherlands, in 1604, captured this scene about 1645. He lived until 1677, leaving behind a body of work defined by the silvered light of the night.
A single, meandering line of light cuts through the deepening gloom. It begins at a muddy foreshore, winds through a creek, and stretches toward a distant windmill on the horizon. This silver thread connects the viewer to the far edge of the world. To the right, the silhouettes of a town and a church rise against the sky. To the left, a moated country house sits quietly among the trees.…
The night air feels heavy and still in Landscape in Moonlight, a work that captures a quiet moment of nocturnal repose. Aert van der Neer, the artist behind this scene, invites us into a world where the silver glow of the moon dictates the rhythm of the landscape. Created in 1647, the painting presents a vision of the natural world caught in a delicate balance between deep shadow and sudden,…
A Village by a River in Moonlight
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Winter Landscape near a Town with Kolf Players, Aert van der Neer, c. 1658 - c. 16601660 · Rijksmuseum
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Road through a wet forest1645 · Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren1647 · J. Paul Getty Museum
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A Winter Scene1655 · Wallace Collection
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Moonlight on a Canal1660 · Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Fire at Night1675 · Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Winter Landscape near a Town with Kolf Players and Horse-Drawn Sleighs, Aert van der Neer, c. 1650 - c. 16551655 · Rijksmuseum
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Landscape at Sunset1647 · Mauritshuis
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River View by Moonlight1645 · Rijksmuseum
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River Bank with Cattle1647 · Städel Museum
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Sports on a Frozen River1660 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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River Landscape1640 · Mauritshuis
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Moonlight Landscape with village1650 · Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Fire at Amsterdam by Night1647 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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Winter Landscape1634 · Museum Gouda
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Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and Ice Hockey Players1628
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Winter landscape with houses1635 · Mauritshuis
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winter viewscape1628
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moonlight landscape1628
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Landscape with the sea1628
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skating1628
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Moonlight Landscape1640 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Canal Landscape at Sunset1640 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Moonlight Landscape1640 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Sunset on the Yssel1645 · Petit Palais
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Ships at sunset1646 · Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Evening landscape with canal1643 · Gemäldegalerie
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Moonlit river landscape with mill1646 · Staatliches Museum Schwerin
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Village Pond1645 · Städel Museum
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Canal Scene by Moonlight1648 · Wallace Collection
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A River Scene: Evening1645 · Wallace Collection
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A Town on a Frozen River1647 · Polesden Lacey
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Winter Landscape1647 · Cincinnati Art Museum
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A Village Scene in Winter with a Frozen River1640 · Worcester Art Museum
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Nocturnal Fire in a Dutch City1640 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Moonlit Landscape with Fishing Nets1647 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Landscape at Evening1647 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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winterlandscape (skating)1648
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winterlandscape1647 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Mills in the evening1647 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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landscape in moonlight1647 · Het Scheepvaartmuseum
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River Landscape with Woodcutters1641 · Dordrechts Museum
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Winter landscape with figures ice skating1647 · Groninger Museum
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The Moon Rising over a Village1647 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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Fire at a Village by Night1647 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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Fire by Night in the Winter1647 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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Moonlight1647 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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River Landscape in Moonlight1645 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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A Village at Moonlight1647 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Moonlight Landscape1648 · Nationalmuseum
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Landscape with watering place1639 · Rijksmuseum
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A winter landscape with skaters and kolf players on a frozen river1642
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Moonlit Estuary1645 · Harvard Art Museums
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River View: Evening1647 · Apsley House
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Panoramic landscape1645 · Fondation Custodia
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The Farrier1651 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Winter Landscape1657 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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A Vista in Moonlight1651
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River View with Moonlight1651
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DILAPIDATED Landscape with tall trees on the right and a gate city on the left,1650 · Groninger Museum
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DETERIORATED Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters,1650 · Groninger Museum
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River landscape with church ruins and village scene1655 · Musei di Strada Nuova
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Winter Landscape with Figures on a Frozen Canal1654 · Guildhall Art Gallery
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River landscape at sunset1654
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Skaters and Kolf Players on a Frozen River bordering a Village1660
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Moonlit River Landscape with Two Men Resting on the Bank1660
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River Landscape by Moonlight with Boats & Settlements1660
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Frozen river at sunset1660
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Landscape by Moonlight1652 · Milwaukee Art Museum
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Evening game of kolf in a Dutch village1649 · National Gallery Prague
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Winter Landscape1655 · Gemäldegalerie
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River Landscape with Moonshine1655 · Gemäldegalerie
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Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters1655 · Museum der bildenden Künste
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Moonlit Landscape with a Windmill1650 · Detroit Institute of Arts
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River Scene: Morning1650
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Moonlight on the Canal1650 · Philadelphia Museum of Art
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A Canal by Moonlight1660
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River Landscape by Moonlight1650
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A Skating Scene1655 · Wallace Collection
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Skaters on a Canal1660 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Moonlit Landscape with a Broad Stream1660 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Winter Landscape with Men Playing Kolf1650 · Frederik Muller & Co
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Winter landscape at sunset1655 · Gemäldegalerie
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View of a lakeside town by moonlight, with fishing nets hanging out to dry1660 · Frederik Muller & Co
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A river estuary at dusk with figures returning home along a track, a village beyond1660 · Frederik Muller & Co
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River Landscape1653 · National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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A Winter Landscape with Skaters1650 · Tyntesfield
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A Winter Scene1650
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Winter Scene, Skating1649 · Petworth House
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Aert van der Neer | Paintings from this list |
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 Statens Museum For Kunst |
Copenhagen | 7 | Fire at Amsterdam by Night, The Moon Rising over a Village, Fire at a Village by Night |
 Bavarian State Painting Collections |
Munich | 7 | Moonlight Landscape, Canal Landscape at Sunset, Moonlight Landscape |
 Rijksmuseum |
Amsterdam | 11 | River view by moonlight, Winter Landscape near a Town with Kolf Players, Aert van der Neer, c. 1658 - c. 1660, Winter Landscape near a Town with Kolf Players and Horse-Drawn Sleighs, Aert van der Neer, c. 1650 - c. 1655 |
 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
Rotterdam | 9 | Landscape in Moonlight, Landscape at Evening, winterlandscape |
 Wallace Collection |
London | 4 | A Winter Scene, Canal Scene by Moonlight, A River Scene: Evening |
 National Gallery |
London | 9 | A Frozen River near a Village, with Golfers and Skaters, A Village by a River in Moonlight, An Evening View near a Village |
 Gemäldegalerie |
Berlin | 7 | Winter Landscape, River Landscape with Moonshine, Winter landscape at sunset |
 Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Philadelphia | 5 | Moonlight on a Canal, Fire at Night, Moonlight on the Canal |
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A heavy, low sky hangs over a vast expanse of ice. The air feels thick with the scent of frost and damp earth. Two skeletal trees frame the scene, their leafless branches reaching upward like dark, jagged veins against the pale clouds. Beneath them, the world is a study in grayscale. The ice is not a solid block but a reflective surface, catching the diffused light of a cloudy day.…
Winter Landscape by Aert van der Neer, dated 1634, captures a frozen waterway during the Dutch Golden Age. The artist, born in Gorinchem, Netherlands, specialized in the atmospheric rendering of snowy landscapes and the quietude of winter scenes. This work reflects the specific environmental conditions of the seventeenth-century Netherlands, focusing on the interaction between ice, sky, and human activity.
To gaze upon Aert van der Neer’s depiction of a river in winter is to step across the threshold into a moment suspended between seasons—a breath held by the cold, crystalline air. This painting does not merely record a scene; it captures an atmosphere, a profound sense of quietude that settles deep within the viewer's bones. The composition draws the eye along the frozen expanse, where the water, though seemingly…
To gaze upon this depiction of a river landscape by moonlight is to step across a threshold into a realm suspended between waking life and dream. Aert van der Neer, master chronicler of the Dutch nocturnal scene, has gifted us a vision where the mundane beauty of nature is elevated to something profoundly ethereal. The composition centers on a gently flowing river, its surface catching the cool, silvery luminescence cast…
The air feels heavy with the quiet chill of 1660 as we encounter Dutch Winter Scene. This work by Aert van der Neer captures a moment frozen in time, where the vastness of a winter sky meets the rhythmic movement of life upon the ice. We find ourselves looking out over a wide, expansive landscape that stretches toward a distant horizon, where the silhouettes of windmills stand against the pale…
We are looking at Fire at Night, a work by Aert van der Neer. This particular piece dates to 1675, a period when the artist was firmly established in his practice. Van der Neer, who was born in Gorinchem, Netherlands, in 1604, brought a specific understanding of light to this nocturnal scene. He had a particular interest in how firelight and moonlight interact with the darkness of a landscape.
River in Winter (1645), Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. River Landscape by Moonlight, c. 1650-1659 (1659) and A Frozen River near a Village, with Golfers and Skaters come next.
41 years old: River in Winter dates from 1645, and Aert van der Neer was born in 1604.
River in Winter, River Landscape by Moonlight, c. 1650-1659, A Frozen River near a Village, with Golfers and Skaters, Landscape at Sunset, An Evening View near a Village, Dutch Winter Scene, River view by moonlight, A Village by a River in Moonlight, An Evening View near a Village and Landscape in Moonlight. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 203 works by Aert van der Neer, dated from 1628 to 1675.
Mostly in Statens Museum For Kunst (Copenhagen), Bavarian State Painting Collections (Munich) and Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1640s: 45 of the 100 works on this page were made then, River in Winter among them.
On this page, the earliest is Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and Ice Hockey Players (1628) and the latest Fire at Night (1675).
Sky (68), Trees (62) and Clouds (59), across the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, for 64 of the 100 works on this page.
Dutch golden age, judging by the originals on this page.
Fire at Amsterdam by Night, The Moon Rising over a Village and Fire at a Village by Night: the Statens Museum For Kunst, Copenhagen holds 6 of the works on this page.
