Monolith and Trees
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.
Artwork Details
- 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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