Title: Moonlit view of a river with fishermen and a town in the background
Object type: Drawing
Date: mid–late 18th century
Artist:  Karel la Fargue 
Artist bio: Dutch, 1738–1793
Artist nationality: Dutch
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, over black chalk and red and yellow chalk on blue paper; framing lines in pen and black ink
Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 17 in. (27.9 x 43.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Human Figures, term: Towns, term: Fishing, term: Rivers, term: Moon, term: Night