River View by Moonlight

Aert van der Neer (mentioned on object), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Van der Neer was a painter with two specialities: winter scenes and nocturnal moonlit landscapes. With a limited range of colours, Van der Neer here created the perfect illusion of a moonlit night. The chilly moonlight is reflected in the water, glances off the windowpanes of the houses at left, and lights up the white feathers of the ducks in the foreground.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3245
  • Dimensionssupport: height 55.7 cm x width 102.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Landscape by Moonlight
    • River View by Moonlight

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3245

  • Description

    Riviergezicht bij maanlicht. Gezicht op een dorp gelegen langs een rivier bij het licht van de maan. Op de voorgrond twee door paarden getrokken wagens op een weg. Rechts een visser in een bootje op het water, in de verte twee molens.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature, with monogram, right of bottom centre (AV and DN ligated): ‘AV DN’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Aert van der Neer (mentioned on object)

  • Dating

    c. 1650 - c. 1655

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    support: height 55.7 cm x width 102.6 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London

  • Acquisition

    gift 1936-05

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? probate inventory, Jan Six (1618-1700), Lord of Vromade and Wimmenum, and Margareta Tulp (1634-1709), Herengracht, Amsterdam, 6 January 1710, in the art room (‘Een avondtstondt van Aart van der Neer met beelden etc. [fl.] 15’);{GPI, N-431.} by descent to Jonkheer Jan Six (1857-1926), Lord of Hillegom and Wimmenum, Amsterdam;{_Catalogus der verzameling schilderijen en familieportretten van de heeren Jhr. P.H. Six van Vromade, Jhr. Dr. J. Six en Jhr. W. Six wegens verbouwing in het Stedelijk Museum van Amsterdam tentoongesteld_, exh. cat. Amsterdam 1900, p. 20, no. 89.} his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 16 October 1928, no. 30, fl. 44,000, to Beels;…; collection Sir Henri W.A. Deterding (1866-1939), London, 1929;{Bredius in U. Thieme and F. Becker (eds.), _Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart_, XXV, Leipzig 1931, p. 375.} by whom donated to the museum, with 17 other paintings, 1936

  • 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.

Documentation

  • E. van de Wetering, Contouren van een dankbaar cliché, in: Kunstschrift 6 (2008), p. 31, afb. 33

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