DAHL, Johan Christian Clausen
(b. 1788, Bergen, d. 1857, Dresden)

Mountain Landscape with a Castle

1816
Oil on canvas, 177 x 246 cm
Private collection

Although better know for his smaller scale works and plein-air sketches, Johan Christian Dahl's large, naturalistic landscapes were considered by his contemporaries to be his major artistic achievement. This work was painted in difficult conditions, at Engelholm, a windswept coastal town on the north west coast of the Scania peninsular, Sweden, a short boat trip from Elsinore.




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