The Nauwerk Family
Medium
pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 16 x 19.4 cm (6 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Julius S. Held Collection
Accession Number
1984.1.4
Rights
Public Domain
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...