Johan Christian Dahl

Caroline Bull (née Dahl, the artist's daughter. Dahl's eldest and only surviving daughter married the Norwegian officer Anders Ørsted Sandøe Bull in 1848)
General Siegwald Bull, son of the above; thence by descent to the present owner

Oslo, Blomqvist Art Gallery, Minneutstilling, J. C. Dahl 1788-1857, 1926, no. 136

Andreas Aubert, Maleren Johan Christian Dahl, Kristiania, 1920, p. 453
Marie Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl: 1788-1857: Life and Works, Oslo, 1987, vol. II, p. 279, no. 913, catalogued (incorrectly dated 1840); vol. III, pl. 388, illustrated

Under UV light there appear to be 3 very thin, short lines of old retouching. There is a light horizontal scuff to the right of the house and one diagonal scuff in the sky. The work is overall in good condition. Held in a simple gold painted frame.
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This work is executed on the reverse of an invitation card inviting the artist to the ZwingerSalon, Dresden, dated 2 July.