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A Winter Scene

Aert van der Neer (1603–1677)

The Wallace Collection

A Winter Scene

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One of Van der Neer’s most accomplished evocations of wintry light, it is one of several scenes in which the artist depicts falling snow. Flickering dabs of white paint highlight the branches of trees, lightly powder the shoulders of some of the figures and lie scattered on the rough ground. The sparse landscape, and bent trees and figures convey the impression of wind and cold, while the sudden burst of light escaping from slate-coloured clouds suggests the eerie light of snowfall. The picture is dateable to the mid-1650s and is comparable in subject and handling to a 'Winter Landscape in a Snowstorm', dateable c.1655–1660 (private collection).

The Wallace Collection

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Title

A Winter Scene

Date

mid-1650s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 61 x W 75 cm

Accession number

P159

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford by 1866; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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Aert van der Neer

1603–1677

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