Jakob Faurvig Thorvaldsens Museum Carl Dahl 1812-1865 Larsens Plads Production Date1840 Type of Work / ObjectPainting Location Not on display Inventory NumberB207 Catalogue NumberB207 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen'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 MaterialTextile > CanvasColor > Oil paint TechniquePainted Dimension Height (ornamental frame) 68.5 cm Height 54.9 cm Width (ornamental frame) 84.2 cm Width 70.6 cm Depth (ornamental frame) 9 cm Art Form / CraftPainting Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914) Owner Thorvaldsens Museum Acquisition ModeBequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen Acquisition DateMarch 24, 1844 Permalinkhttps://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/B207 Exhibition History Dansk guldålder, Nationalmuseum, February 28, 2020 - July 21, 2020 L'âge d'or de la peinture danoise (1801-1864), Petit Palais, September 22, 2020 - January 3, 2021 Fortegnelse over de ved det Kongelige Akademie for de skjönne Kunstner offentligen udstillede Kunstværker, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, April 1840, cat. no. 56 Sources / Literature Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Malerierne og Tegningerne i Thorvaldsens Museum (B, C, D), 1849, 207