AERT VAN DER NEER (DUTCH 1603-1677)

Moonlit Scene,
oil on canvas
101.6 x 76 cm (40 x 30 in.)

PROVENANCE
Gift of Reverend Francis Goodwin to the Wadsworth Atheneum museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut (gift plaque lower center; partial museum label on verso).

CONDITION
Observed in frame. The painting is in overall age appropriate condition. Overall craquelure is visible to the naked eye.The painting has been relined. Inspection under UV shows an even layer of over varnishing and some variations of reworking over the varnish.

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