File:River Landscape by Moonlight with Boats & Settlements by Aert van der Neer.jpg

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Summary

Aert van der Neer: River Landscape by Moonlight with Boats & Settlements

Artist

Aert van der Neer (1604–1677)
Alternative names	Aart van der Neer; Aernout van der Neer
Description	Dutch painter, drawer and landscape painter
Date of birth/death	between circa 1603 and circa 1604 date QS:P,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	9 November 1677
Location of birth/death	Gorinchem	Amsterdam
Work period	from 1632 until 1677 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1632-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1677-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Gorinchem, Amsterdam (1632-1677)
Authority file	: Q381801 VIAF: 51959012 ISNI: 0000000066582307 ULAN: 500001738 LCCN: n83216250 MusicBrainz: 5ee13b09-c045-48ac-9c72-2e476b4e7bf1 WorldCat

Title

A River Landscape by Moonlight with Boats and Settlements on Both Banks

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Date

circa 1660

Medium

oil on oak wood

Dimensions

height: 37.4 cm (14.7 in); width: 49.8 cm (19.6 in)

Collection

Private collection

Object history

George Percy, 2nd Earl of Beverley, later 5th Duke of Northumberland (1778–1867)
Purchased by Thomas Baring (1799–1873), London, 1851
By whom bequeathed to his nephew Baron Northbrook, later 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826–1904), London, 1871
J.E. Rydemark, London, by 1955
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 16 July 1980, lot 106 (withdrawn).

Inscriptions

Monogram bottom left:

AV DN·

References

Source/Photographer

Sotheby's, London, 09 Juli 2015, lot 196

Licensing

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current	16:52, 25 March 2017	2,000 × 1,490 (960 KB)	Trzęsacz	same source; http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l15034/lot.196.html
	04:51, 10 July 2015	1,248 × 930 (205 KB)	Wmpearl
	04:49, 10 July 2015	1,280 × 1,024 (226 KB)	Wmpearl	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1=''A River Landscape by Moonlight with Boats and Settlements on Both Banks'' by Aert van der Neer, oil on oak panel, 37.4 by 49.8 cm. }} \|Source =Sotheby's \|Author =Aert van der Neer \|Date...