MENZEL, Adolph von
(b. 1815, Breslau, d. 1905, Berlin)

Moonlight on the Friedrichskanal in Old Berlin

c. 1856
Oil on canvas, 40 x 33 cm
Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Menzel caught the Friedrichskanal at moonlight, which he shows with a flickering intensity.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 16 minutes):
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight)