Commissioned by the Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg;[1] Jacob Aall, Nes, Norway; (his sale, 1845, no. 15); N.H. Aall, in 1888; P. Sonstehagen, Oslo, before 1920; Mrs. Cappelen, Ulefoss, Norway; Mrs. Lovenskiold, Vaekero;[2] Christian Blich, Oslo; purchased 22 October 1999 through (Jean-François Heim, Paris) by NGA. [1] The Hamburger Kunstverein was an artists' cooperative and exhibition society, a type of promotional society for artists popular at the time. [2] The provenance is taken from Marie Lodrup Bang, _Johan Christian Dahl 1788-1857: Life and Works_, 3 vols., Oslo, 1987: 2:182, no. 542. N.H. Aall lent the painting to the 1888 commemorative exhibition of Dahl's work. P. Sonstehagen is given as the owner of the painting in Andreas Aubert, _Maleren Johan Christian Dahl. Et stykke av forrige Aarhundredes Kunst och Kulturhistorie_, Kristiania, 1920.