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French School, 19th century (?)

Landscape in the Moonlight

Materials and Techniques oil on canvas
Size(cm) 57 x 76
Inscriptions Signed lower right (fake, in monogram): AV. DN
Credit Line Transferred from the Tokyo National Museum (ex-Matsukata Collection)
Standard ref. M830
Category Paintings
Collection Number P.1970-0002

Provenance

[?] John Robaertes, 4th Earl of Radnor, Twickenham [label on the reverse]; Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe, 1927; 5th Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 6–20 February 1934, lot 45, repr., as by Aert van der Neer; purchased by Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1952, as by Aert van der Neer; deposited in NMWA, 17 May 1960–1 April 1970, Dep. 60-5 (D-11); transferred to NMWA, Tokyo, 1970.

Exhibition History

1934
The 5th exhibition of the Matsukata Coll., Tokyo, 6 February 1934 - 20 February 1934, cat. no. 45 (as Aert van der Neer)
1957
Seiyo Bijutsu Meisaku Ten ( Masterpieces of European Art), Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 1 February 1957 - 24 March 1957

Bibliography

1961
Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), D-11.
1979
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 271.
1989
Kobayashi-Sato, Yoriko. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in Japan I. Annual Report Bridgestone Museum of Art & Ishibashi Museum of Art. no. 37 (1988), 1989, pp. 46-47, no. 21, repr.
1990
The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1695.
2018
The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 830, col. repr.

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