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  • Landscape versus Museum:J. C. Dahl and the Preservation of Norwegian Burial Mounds
  • Mari Lending
1. Monument à Stiklestad. In the 1790s, the Danish painter C. A. Lorentzen performed a voyage pittoresque, documenting for the Danish king Norwegian landscapes, natural resources, and ancient monuments. Among his prospects was the Stiklestad menhir of 1030. Lorentzen was J. C. Dahl's professor at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen from 1811. Engraving from Lorentzen's painting by J. J .G. Haas circa 1792–94. Courtesy of the National Library of Norway.
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Monument à Stiklestad. In the 1790s, the Danish painter C. A. Lorentzen performed a voyage pittoresque, documenting for the Danish king Norwegian landscapes, natural resources, and ancient monuments. Among his prospects was the Stiklestad menhir of 1030. Lorentzen was J. C. Dahl's professor at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen from 1811. Engraving from Lorentzen's painting by J. J .G. Haas circa 1792–94. Courtesy of the National Library of Norway.

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