Norwegian Mountain Landscape

Johan Christian Dahl (1788 - 1857)

Artist/Maker

Artist: Johan Christian Dahl (1788 - 1857)

DatesSigned: Signed 1819

Material / Technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 74 x 105 cm h x w x d: Ram 92 x 123 x 8 cm

Inventory numberNM 2927

AcqusitionGift 1932 Nationalmusei Vänner

Other titlesTitle (sv): Norskt berglandskap Title (en): Norwegian Mountain Landscape

Exhibited

Nationalmuseum -> Room 1449 1800-1870

Motif categoryLandscape

Collection

Paintings (Paintings)

MaterialDuk, Oil paint

TechniquePainting

Keyword

Landskap

External links

Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18599588

Additional texteExhibition text: Dahl painted this landscape shortly after moving from Copenhagen to Dresden, where he came into contact with Caspar David Friedrich and Romanticism. Despite the title, this is not a genuine Norwegian landscape, but a view based on a rock formation Dahl found outside Dresden. The landscape has been made inhospitable and a high mountain added in the background. A Romantic image of Dahl’s native Norway, which he was yet to see again after leaving it many years earlier.