Dresden in the moonlight, ca. 1843

Title

Dresden in the moonlight

Draughtsman

• Johan Christian Clausen Dahl

Verso

View on a plain

Production Place

• Dresden

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Bleistift

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Norwegian

Production Reason

• landscape study
• design for a painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit Bleistift): J. C. Dahl f.

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape
• city view

Primary

• 61D(ELBE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ELBE) (ELBE)
• 25I1451 bridge in city across river, canal, etc.
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Secondary

• 61F(HOFKIRCHE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (HOFKIRCHE)
• 61F(AUGUSTUSBRÜCKE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (AUGUSTUSBRÜCKE)
• 41A12 castle