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Moonlight in art

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Images referencing 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.

    Aert van der Neer | 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.

    Aert van der Neer | 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.

    Peter Paul Rubens | 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.

    Robert Smirke | Date: Dec.r 20 1782 | Reference: 2913423i

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