Johan Christian Dahl

Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset



Johan Christian Dahl - Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset



Johan Christian Dahl
Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset
1823
38.1 x 35.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated bottom center: Dahl 1823
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Christen Sveaas, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019


Provenance

The artist, Dresden, until 1824; sold, probably in January, to Hillig
Dr. Christian Gottfried Hillig, Leipzig, c. 1824–died 1844
his estate sale, Rudolph Weigel's Kunstauction, Leipzig, 26 May 1862, nr. 4, as "Landschaft; ein Sonnenuntergang")
private collection, Leipzig, acquired in Leipzig in the 1920s
his heir, Germany, until 2005
sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2005, nr. 152, for £170,400 [$307,802]
Christen Sveaas, Norway, by 2007–19
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 2019.167.3

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Johan Christian Dahl Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight
Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight
1846

Johan Christian Dahl An Eruption of Vesuvius
An Eruption of Vesuvius
1824

Johan Christian Dahl Mother and Child by the Sea
Mother and Child by the Sea
1830

Johan Christian Dahl Eruption of Vesuvius
Eruption of Vesuvius
1823

Johan Christian Dahl Dresden in moonlight
Dresden in moonlight
1843