1990.69: View from the Augustus-Brücke in Moonlight

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1990.69

People

Attributed to Johannes Christian Clausen Dahl, Norwegian (Bergen, Norway 1788 - 1857 Dresden, Germany)

Title

View from the Augustus-Brücke in Moonlight

Other Titles

Alternate Title: View from Augustus Bridge at Dresden by Moonlight/Bridge at Dresden in Moonlight

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1830

Culture

Norwegian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227231

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

23.18 x 18.73 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. Philip Hans Heinrich Naumann, sold; to Dr. Heinrich R. Loschelder, 1945, sold; to [Alexander Gebhardt, 1976], sold; to [Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise Haskell Daly Fund and Director's Discretionary Fund

Accession Year

1990

Object Number

1990.69

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marie Lodrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl, 1788-1857, Life and Works, Norwegian University Press/Oxford University Press (Oslo, Norway / Oxford, England, 1987), no. 432, p. 151, no. XXX; also vol. I, chapter 6, note 17

Exhibition History

• Romantic Reality, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 10/01/1978 - 11/30/1978
• 19th-Century German Drawings and Watercolors, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 07/01/1981 - 08/31/1981
• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/17/2017 - 01/07/2018

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