Aert van der Neer

Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren (1647-49); Oil on wood; 57.5 × 89.9 cm, Getty Center

Aert van der Neer, or Aernout or Artus (c. 1603 – 9 November 1677), was a landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, who specialized in small night scenes lit only by moonlight and fires, and snowy winter landscapes, both often looking down a canal or river. He was a contemporary of Aelbert Cuyp and Meindert Hobbema, and like the latter he lived and died in comparative obscurity.