River View by Moonlight

River View by Moonlight

SK-A-3328

Riviergezicht bij maanlicht. Gezicht op een dorp gebouwd aan een rivier. Links enkele mannen rond een vuur, rechts een visser op het water en in de verte de torens van een kerk.

painter: copy after Aert van der Neer

in or after c. 1653

oil on panel

• support: height 41.9 cm x width 57.5 cm
• outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)

Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch

gift 1940-03

Public domain

…; ? sale, Rupert Mason et al. [anonymous section], London (Christie’s), 20 July 1931, no. 137 (‘A river scene, with boats and figures; Moonlight. On panel, 16½ in by 22½ in [42 x 57cm]’), £ 3 3s, to ‘Boere’;{Copy RMA.}…; collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen;{Note RMA.} donated by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, with 83 other objects, 1940

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