The Aller Church in Sønderjyllands Amt (Denmark), seen from the North
late 18th–19th century
Medium
Graphite and brown wash; framing line in graphite, probably by the artist.
Dimensions
sheet: 7 13/16 x 11 9/16 in. (19.9 x 29.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2008
Accession Number
2008.275
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Johan Christian Dahl · 1788–1857
**Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (1788–1857)** was a Norwegian painter widely regarded as the founder of the “golden age” of Norwegian painting and the father of Norwegian landscape art. Born in Bergen on 24 February 1788 to a modest fishing family, Dahl received his earliest training in his hometown. From 1803 to 1809 he studied with the local painter Johan Georg Müller, whose workshop produced th...