<  Previous MasterScans Wallpaper-quality pictures of great art from around the Web, updated daily Next >     Artist: Johan Christian Dahl [Norwegian painter, 1788-1857] Title: A Cloud and Landscape Study by Moonlight Date: 1822 Medium: oil on paper Dimensions: 7 x 6 inches (19 x 16 cm) Location: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Image size: 1984 x 1648 pixels (at full zoom)                1.  Open in a new window   2.  Open in a 'chromeless' window       Dahl was a close friend of Caspar David Friedrich, one of the leading painters of the Romantic era. Both artists were known for dramatic landscapes featuring spooky atmospheric effects such as moonlight and mist.

 

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