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Moonlight in art

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  • Fishermen going off to fish by the light of the moon. Engraving by T. Major, 1753, after A. van der Neer.
  • A man riding on a horse which is pulling a wagon loaded with masonry, while another man attempts to keep the wagon steady. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
  • People are skating on a frozen village pond, two are being pushed in sledges, and one person has fallen over on the ice. Etching after A. Van der Neer.
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    Fishermen going off to fish by the light of the moon. Engraving by T. Major, 1753, after A. van der Neer.

    Neer, Aert van der, 1603 or 1604-1677. | Date: Feby. 19 1753 | Reference: 34830i
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    People are skating on a frozen village pond, two are being pushed in sledges, and one person has fallen over on the ice. Etching after A. Van der Neer.

    Neer, Aert van der, 1603 or 1604-1677. | Reference: 34599i
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    A man riding on a horse which is pulling a wagon loaded with masonry, while another man attempts to keep the wagon steady. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 29903i
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    The night-time tryst of Lorenzo and Jessica in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; representing night. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: Dec.r 20 1782 | Reference: 2913423i
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