Art, literature & history
Mother and Child by the Sea
1830
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (15.9 x 20.6 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2007.164.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Johan Christian Dahl. Mother and Child by the Sea. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Mother and Child by the Sea — Johan Christian Dahl. 1830.
Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (15.9 x 20.6 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.