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- Aert van der Neer (1603 - 1677)
- Canal Scene by Moonlight
- Netherlands
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- Date: c. 1645 - c. 1650
- Object Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Image size: 58.5 x 72.6 cm
- Inv: P161
- Location: East Galleries I
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- Van der Neer began to paint nocturnes c.1645-50, though the rather cursory handling of this work suggests a later date. The scene is constructed in Van der Neer’s habitual manner, with a central river reaching into the distance and the creation of perspectival recession into depth. Picturesque interest is established by the fishermen hauling their nets in the foreground.