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THE PROPERTY OF ARTEMIS FINE ARTS

A VIEW FROM BAVNEBAKKEN NEAR SOR¢

measurements note
15 6/8 by 24 5/8 in.; 40 by 62.5 cm.

signed and dated J. DAHL 1831

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Copenhagen Kunstforening, no. 183, purchased by Kuhl, Copenhagen;
General Nagler, Copenhagen;
Anonymous sale, Oslo, Blomquist Auction House, March 1930, lot 68;
Anonymous sale, Oslo, Blomquist Auction House, November 1930, lot 121;
Anonymous sale, Oslo, Blomquist Auction House, November 1933, lot 143;
Blucke Chemnitz, Berlin;
Leo Spik, Berlin;
Private collection, Germany, from whom purchased by Artemis Fine Arts.

EXHIBITED

Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1831;
Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1869, no. 36;
Dortmund, Schloss Cappenberg, Blick aus dem Fenster, 1956, no. 23;
Recklinghausen Museum, Gesammelt in Ruhrgebiet, 1963, no. 95.

LITERATURE

J. Langaard, J.C Dahl's Verk, published by Oslo National Gallery, 1937, no. 641;
M. Lodrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl, Life and Works, Norwegian University Press, 1987, vol. II, no. 673, reproduced in vol. III, pl. 282, no. 673.

NOTE

After extensive travels throughout continental Europe, Bergen-born Dahl chose to settle in Dresden in 1824, where he was offered a teaching position at the Akademie. After this date, he made five trips back to his native Norway, most likely for research and documentation purposes insofar as his artistic output consisted essentially of Norwegian landscapes. The present picture, however, is a Danish view, which was commissioned by the Copenhagen Kunstforening, an Art Society founded in 1825. Dahl recorded the order in a diary entry dated February 1831. In a subsequent letter addressed to the Kunstforening, Dahl described the picture: "It is a view from Bavnebakken at Petersborg near Sor¢ in evening light and I have followed my nature study closely, with the exception of Petersborg church, which, although picturesque enough, I have replaced with another, more typical Danish church. I believe this, together with the staffage, will make the motif more Danish." The church Dahl chose to replace the original one in his composition is that of Gentofte. It is interesting to note that there is a fine drawing dated 1818 of the Sor¢ landscape with the Petersborg church, currently preserved in the Bergen museum. In addition to this, there is a separate drawing of Gentofte church dated 3rd September 1817, which is on view at the National Gallery of Oslo. Dahl followed the 1818 drawing closely for the painted composition, changing only the aforementioned church, and adding figures, which serve to enliven the picture.