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View of Dresden by Moonlight

View of Dresden by Moonlight (German: Blick auf Dresden bei Vollmondschein) is a 1839 landscape painting by the Norwegian artist Johan Christian Dahl.[1][2] Dahl settled in the Saxon capital Dresden where, along with Caspar David Friedrich, he was known for his romantic landscapes.[3] The night view of the city features a number of notable landmarks silhouetted by the River Elbe including the Frauenkirche, Dresden Cathedral and the Augustus Bridge.[4]

Dresden in the Moonlight, 1823. It presents a more distant view of the city.

The work is today in the collection of the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden, having been acquired in 1937.[5] Dahl had previously produced an 1823 work Dresden in the Moonlight, now in a private collection.

References

  1. ^ Vaughan p.142-43
  2. ^ Wolf p.118
  3. ^ Bischoff, Hipp & Nugent p.58
  4. ^ https://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/240856
  5. ^ https://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/240856

Bibliography

  • Bischoff, Ulrich, Hipp, Elisabeth & Nugent, Jeanne Anne. From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: German Paintings from Dresden. Getty Publications, 2006
  • Vaughan, William. German Romantic Painting. Yale University Press, 1994.
  • Wolf, Norbert. Painting of the Romantic Era. Taschen, 1999.