19th-Century European Art
19th-Century European Art
A Stormy Sunset
Auction Closed
February 5, 09:31 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alfred Wahlberg
Swedish 1834 - 1906
A Stormy Sunset
signed lower left: Alfred Wahlberg 77.
oil on canvas
canvas: 20 ½ by 31 ½ in.; 52.1 by 80 cm
framed: 26 by 37 in.; 66 by 94 cm
John Taylor Johnston (1820‑1893), New York;
Sale, Uppsala Auctions, Sweden, 13-16 June 2023, lot 328 (as Fiskare vid stranden i dramatisk solnedgång);
Where acquired by the present owner.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loan Collection of Paintings, in the West and East Galleries, Handbook No. 6., New York 1880, p. 7, no. 108.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loan Collection of Paintings, in the West and East Galleries, April-October 1880, no. 108 (as A Stormy Sunset)
The present work featured in the personal collection of American business leader and art philanthropist John Taylor Johnston (1820‑1893), one of the founders of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870 and first president of the museum.