The Nauwerk Family

1819

Johan Christian Dahl

Associated Names
Johan Christian Dahl

Artist, Norwegian, 1788 - 1857

The image shows a sketch of seven individuals with full bodies visible. There is a standing man reading from a piece of paper on the left, a seated woman holding an infant next to him, and another seated man gesturing with a bottle. Three women stand behind them. The background is a plain, lightly shaded indoor setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16 x 19.4 cm (6 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.1.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1970; gift 1984 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 76.

Inscriptions

across top: Die Familie Nauwerk ... 1819; lower right: Aus ... Wetter(Drawn from memory in London in the Sachsische Schweiz the 13th of June in very bad weather

Wikidata ID

Q64581864

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