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The River Elbe in Moonlight

1833
Not on view
Dahl ended an extensive study tour of the Continent in Dresden and made it his home thereafter, seldom returning to Norway. His landscapes often fell under the spell of the great Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), with whom he shared a house in Dresden.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The River Elbe in Moonlight
  • Artist: Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian, Bergen 1788–1857 Dresden)
  • Date: 1833
  • Medium: Brush and gray wash, heightened with white bodycolour, over graphite and black chalk
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 x 7 15/16 in. (15.2 x 20.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Mary Oenslager Fund, 2003
  • Object Number: 2003.157
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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