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J. C. Dahl
1788-1857
19th century
Oil on paper, mounted on cardboard.
4 13/16 x 7 5/8 inches (122 x 193 mm)
Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009.
2009.400:35
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Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink: No [o in superscript] 227 12" h. 19" L. / Johann Chr. Cl. Dahl fec. / geb. zu Bergen in Norw. D 24 Febr. 1788 / + zu Dresden d. 14 Octbr. 1857 / Papier auf Pappe aufgezogen Natur / Skizze / Luftstudie mit Horizont / mit Franz Firn. gefrinisst / 2 28 / 3 1889.
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The artist's studio; by descent to the artist's son, Johann Siegwald Dahl (1827-1902), Dresden; sale, Munich, Sotheby's, 22 June 1999, lot 30, repr.; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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