View of Dresden by Moonlight (German: Blick auf Dresden bei Vollmondschein) is a 1839 landscape painting by the Norwegian artist Johan Christian Dahl.

[1] [2] Dahl settled in the Saxon capital Dresden where, along with Caspar David Friedrich, he was known for his romantic landscapes.

[3] The night view of the city features a number of notable landmarks silhouetted by the River Elbe including the Frauenkirche, Dresden Cathedral and the Augustus Bridge.

[4] The work is today in the collection of the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden, having been acquired in 1937.

[5] Dahl had previously produced an 1823 work Dresden in the Moonlight, now in a private collection.