View from Vaekero near Christiania
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 60.5 x 96.5 cm (23 13/16 x 38 in.) framed: 77 x 112.4 x 9.5 cm (30 5/16 x 44 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
1999.99.1
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...