In almost complete darkness, we look across reeds and grasses lining a river spanned by narrow, arched, stone bridge ahead of us in this moonlit, horizontal landscape painting. The horizon comes about a third of the way up the painting, just over the footbridge, and the sky is filled with clouds that glow blush pink, flint gray, and lavender purple. The small, porcelain-white moon casts an opalescent gleam on the water under the arch of the bridge. Barely visible in the gloom, a walking path lined by a fence in the lower right corner leads to a copse of tall trees to our right. Closer…
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Moonlit Landscape with Bridge

Aert van der Neer (Dutch, 1603/1604 - 1677)

probably 1648/1650

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 78.4 x 110.2 cm (30 7/8 x 43 3/8 in.) ; framed: 101.6 × 132.7 × 6.4 cm (40 × 52 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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