Johan Christian Dahl
An Eruption of Vesuvius
182494 x 139.1 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: Dahl d. 24 Decbr 1824
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Christen Sveaas, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
Provenance
Prince Christian Frederik, from 1840 King Christian VIII of Denmark, Copenhagen, 1825–died 1848; commissioned in 1821; received by January 1825
his son, King Frederik VII, 1848–died 1863
his widow, Louise Rasmussen, Grevinde Danner, until died 1874
her estate sale, Copenhagen, 19 June or 22 September 1874, nr. 5
private collection, Copenhagen
by descent, until 1995
sale, Christie's, London, 11 October 1995, nr. 29, for £309,500 [$487,478], to Sveaas
Christen Sveaas, Norway, 1995–2019
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Other works by Johan Christian Clausen Dahl
Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight
1846
1846
Mother and Child by the Sea
1830
1830
Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset
1823
1823
Eruption of Vesuvius
1823
1823
Dresden in moonlight
1843
1843