Monolith and Trees

ca. 1829–30

Not on view

The strikingly large scale of this boulder relative to its setting betrays the influence of both Johan Christian Dahl, with whom Fearnley studied in Dresden in 1829–30, and Dahl’s neighbor, Caspar David Friedrich. This study may document one of the rock formations in the terrain southeast of Dresden, or the site might be in Norway, where Fearnley was born and raised.

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Title: Monolith and Trees
Artist: Thomas Fearnley (Norwegian, Frederikshald 1802–1842 Munich)
Date: ca. 1829–30
Medium: Oil on canvas, laid down on paperboard
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (12.1 x 17.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
Object Number: 2009.400.54
Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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