General Siegwald Bull
Dr I.F. Lorentzen, Oslo (1937)
Theodor Lorentzen Styr, Oslo (by 1988); thence by descent to th💞e present owner, daughter of the above

Oslo, Christiania Kunstforening, Retrospective Exhibition, 1907, no. 9
Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, J.C. Dahl's Verk, 1937, no. 361
Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, J.C. Dahl Jubileumsutstilling, 1988, no. 124

Marie Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl, 1788-1857. Life and Works, Oslo, 1987, vol. 2, pp. 213-14, no🦩. 642, catalogued; vol. 3, pl. 267, illustrated

Original canvas. Apart from two small spots of fluorescing pigment near the sapling in the composition, there are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from scattered fine craquelure and a pinhead-sized fleck of paint loss at the upper left corner, this work is in very good condition, with delicate colours and detail, and ready to hang. Held in a decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame with striated and beaded motifs, accented by acanthus leaves.
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Painted in 1830, the present work is one of two versions Dahl executed of thisꦅ view. For the other version see: Bang, no. 643.