ID: 700007466 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007466	Record Type: Movable Work
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Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren (oil painting (visual work); Aert van der Neer (Dutch painter, 1603-1677) ; 1647; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2000.27)

Note: Behind the radiant filaments of cloud, the rising moon casts a fiery glow across the landscape which is mirrored in the surface of the water. Its subdued luminescence backlights the trees and etches their silhouettes with silver and orange highlights. The powerful light enables two men to fish and casts long shadows from the two figures enjoying the view at right. The warm reflective light of the moon contrasts with the brilliant radiance of the stars cast over the night sky.In addition to the spectacular rendering of a clearing night sky, van der Neer's Moonlit Landscape accurately captures the marshy features of the area of the Nieuwe Amstel River eulogized by many poets and landscape painters. At the heart of the composition lies a free rendering of one of the primary landmarks along the river, an imposing house with a tower. Its name, "Kostverloren," refers to the "lost earnings" associated with the reconstruction and repairs to the building.

Titles:

Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1647

Creator Display:

Aert van der Neer (Dutch painter, 1603-1677) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Neer, Aert van der (Dutch painter, 1603-1677) [500001738]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2000.27

Display Materials: Oil on panel

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 57.5 x 89.9 cm (22 5/8 x 35 3/8 in.); Framed [outer dim]: 80 x 113 x 6.4 cm (31 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Baroque [300021147] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	Amstel [1121194]
	.....(North Holland (province), Netherlands (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Moon [7030645]
	.....(Earth (planet), Solar System (planetary system), Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy), Extraterrestrial Places (facet)) (TGN)

	Kostverloren [700002918]
	.....(Kostverloren [700002918], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	night [300133095]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, times of day) (AAT)

	trees (woody plants) [300132410]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), woody plants) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Monogrammed in ligature and dated on the tree stump (extreme right): AVDN 1647

Related Works:

	depicts .... Kostverloren [700002918]
	..........manor house; Unknown creator; constructed ca. 1500; destroye...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)