# River View by Moonlight

- By: Aert van der Neer (Amsterdam, ca. –1677)
- Date: c. 1650 - c. 1655
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 55.7 cm x width 102.6 cm
- Credit line: Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3245--dba7201e0bdbd418d44a1acf79ac1be1)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/VzZmq/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.