River View by Moonlight, Aert van der Neer (copy after), in or after c. 1653

…; ? sale, Rupert Mason et al. [anonymous section], London (Christie’s), 20 July 1931, no. 137 (‘A river scene, with boats and figures; Moonlight. On panel, 16½ in by 22½ in [42 x 57cm]’), £ 3 3s, to ‘Boere’;{Copy RMA.}…; collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen;{Note RMA.} donated by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, with 83 other objects, 1940

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