River View by Moonlight

manner of Aert van der Neer, c. 1850 - c. 1875

Riviergezicht bij maanlicht. Op de voorgrond vier figuren in een bootje, links een schuit met zeilen. Het silhouet van de kerk steekt fel af tegen de hemel.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3496
  • Dimensionssupport: height 70 cm x width 104.3 cm x thickness 4 cm (support incl. protective backboard), outer size: depth 13.5 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    River View by Moonlight

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3496

  • Description

    Riviergezicht bij maanlicht. Op de voorgrond vier figuren in een bootje, links een schuit met zeilen. Het silhouet van de kerk steekt fel af tegen de hemel.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature, with monogram, bottom centre (false; AV and D[N] ligated): ‘AV D[N]’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: manner of Aert van der Neer

  • Dating

    c. 1850 - c. 1875

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 70 cm x width 104.3 cm x thickness 4 cm (support incl. protective backboard)
    • outer size: depth 13.5 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann Bequest, Kapelle op den Bosch

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1947-06

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; 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 17 other paintings, 1941, but kept in usufruct;{NHA, RMA Archive, no. 1899, list 27 November 1941.} transferred to the museum, with 17 other paintings, 1947

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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