A Master of Moonlight: The Life and Art of Carel Lodewijk Hansen Carel Lodewijk Hansen, born in Amsterdam in 1765, was a painter deeply attuned to the subtle nuances of light and atmosphere—a characteristic that would define his artistic career. Emerging from a city steeped in the legacy of the Dutch Golden Age, yet poised on the cusp of Romanticism, Hansen carved a niche for himself with evocative cityscapes and landscapes often bath…