• Carl Dahl

  1812-1865

Larsens Plads

• Production Date

  1840

• Type of Work / Object

  Painting

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > Room 23

• Inventory Number

  B207

• Catalogue Number

  B207

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Paintings (B)

Explanation

• Dahl has taken his motif from the spot near the harbour behind Amalienborg, where Thorvaldsen as a boy assisted his father in making the carvings with which the wooden ships of the day were decorated. This is today the site of Amaliehaven.

Motif / Theme

• Location > Town > Copenhagen
• Location > Country > Denmark

Additional Catalogue Information