The Norwegian artist Dahl befriended the great romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich while in Dresden. The German artist exerted an enduring influence on him. This beautiful, small painting – a new acquisition – is clearly indebted to Friedrich: a panorama of a mountain landscape at night, under a clouded sky with a full moon, with a solitary figure in the foreground, viewed from behind. The viewer instinctively identifies with the figure.
Specifications
| Title | Moonlit Landscape |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on paper on cardboard |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 24.6 cm Height 18.1 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Schilder:
Johan Christian Dahl
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| Accession number | 4231 (OK) |
| Credits | Aankoop met steun van / Purchase with support of: BankGiro Loterij 2017 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 2017 |
| Age artist | Unknown |
| Exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object |
