Title: Mother and Child by the Sea
Object type: Painting
Date: 1830
Artist:  Johan Christian Dahl 
Artist bio: Norwegian, Bergen 1788–1857 Dresden
Artist nationality: Norwegian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (15.9 x 20.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Children, term: Women, term: Beaches, term: Night, term: Clouds, term: Boats