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Caspar David Friedrich

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Two figures sit at the bow of a sailing ship, looking toward a distant city under a warm, cloudy sunset sky.

On a Sailing Ship

1818

Man in dark coat bends over a tomb inside a ruined Gothic church lit by sunset through tall arched windows.

Hutten's Grave / Ruin of a Church Choir in Evening Light

1823

Man in dark coat with walking stick on a rock overlooking misty mountains and fog-filled valleys.

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

1818

Woman in a green dress seen from behind, looking out an open window at a ship's mast and trees beyond.

Woman at a Window

1822

Painting of a misty harbor at sunrise with a large ship, sailing boats, fishermen on the shore, and a distant church skyline.

The Port of Greifswald

1818

Painting of a three-masted sailing ship on choppy dark sea beneath a hazy, glowing orange sky.

Sailing ship

1815

Painting of a snow-covered wooden hut beside bare pollarded willow trees under a grey winter sky.

Snowy cottage

1827

Painting of a crucifix in a rocky valley before a Gothic cathedral and dark spruce trees under a pink dusk sky.

Cross and cathedral in the mountains

1812

Painting of a cemetery gate with stone pillars, a misty graveyard and obelisk beyond, and a cloaked figure at left.

The Cemetery Entrance

1825

Bare trees frame a stone churchyard archway with steps leading up to a pale church and a small gothic monument.

Kirchhofpforte

1822

Two figures in a vine-covered gazebo gaze at Gothic church spires rising above hedges under a pale evening sky.

Gazebo (Gazebo in Greifswald)

1818

Man seated in a Gothic ruin gazing through arched windows at pine trees silhouetted against a glowing sunset sky.

Ruins of the Oybin (Dreamer)

1835

Leafless bushes with snow on their branches stand against a grey sky above patches of snow and dry grass.

Bushes in the snow

1827

Ship tilted and trapped among ice floes, with a small rowboat of people at lower left under a grey sky.

Wreck in the Sea of Ice

1798

Painting of a distant town with a Gothic church spire under a yellow sunset sky, with two figures watching from a meadow.

Neubrandenburg (Neubrandenburg in the morning mist)

1816

Watercolor of white chalk cliffs framing a deep blue sea with sailing ships, green trees and grass in the foreground.

Chalk Cliffs at Ruegen

1825

Painting of a glowing golden cross among spruce trees in a rocky mountain gorge with a stream in the foreground.

Cross in the Mountains

1812

Two figures seen from behind at a stone window framed by ivy, looking toward an evening sky with a crescent moon.

Abendstunde

1818

Winter graveyard with snow, wooden grave markers, an iron cross, a stone gateway and a spade beside an open grave.

Graveyard under Snow

1826

Wooden cross silhouetted on rocks among dark spruce trees against a glowing yellow sunset sky.

Cross in the mountains

1815

Painting of a glowing Gothic church spire above clouds, with two robed women raising their arms on the grass below.

Vision of the Christian Church

1820

Dark interior with an arched stone doorway, open wooden door and steps, revealing a sunlit garden beyond.

Doorway in Meissen

1827

Painting of a bare oak tree in snowy winter landscape with pink clouds and a broken stump in the foreground.

The Oaktree in the Snow

1829

Painting of a calm harbour at dusk with moored ships, tall masts and a small rowboat under a yellow sky.

View of a harbour

1814

Painting of a misty rocky ravine with tall sandstone pillars, pines and a fallen tree spanning the foreground chasm.

Rocky ravine in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains

1822

Moonlit pine forest on a hillside with two figures warming themselves by a small campfire at the bottom.

Inside the forest in the moonlight

1823

Painting of a wooden gate in a moss-topped stone archway, looking onto a churchyard with a church tower and spire behind.

The Cemetery Gate (The Churchyard)

1825

Three women in cloaks stand on a dirt road between bare trees, facing a pale sun over misty hills at dawn.

Easter Morning

1828

Grey monochrome view of a crowded harbor with tall ships' masts, rigging, and weathered wooden posts in the foreground.

Hafen von Greifswald

1810

Wooden cross on rocky shore with broken anchor, pale sun setting over calm sea beneath pink clouds.

The Cross Beside The Baltic

1810

Painting of a distant city with spires silhouetted against a glowing sunset, with wooden posts and nets on a riverbank in the

City at Moonrise

1817

Night landscape of moonlit rock pinnacles, dark pines and a glowing stream, with a small figure standing at the lower left.

Uttewalder Grund

1825

Painting of a stone churchyard gate framed by bare trees, with steps leading toward a church and gravestones.

Churchyard gate

1822

Pencil sketch of a tall pine tree beside a hatched rock formation, with handwritten date notes, by Caspar David Friedrich.

Study of Pine Trees and a Rock (recto); Landscape (verso)

June 9, 1812

Engraved print of a seated woman beside a bare tree, looking toward a spider web between branches.

The Woman with the Spider Web between Bare Trees

1803

Pen drawing of ships and sailboats on calm water, with an overturned boat and driftwood on grassy sand in the foreground.

The Beach at Wieck near Greifswald

about 1815-1821

Pencil self-portrait of a man with curly hair and high collar, gazing at the viewer, with handwritten notes below.

Self-portrait

1800

Pencil sketch of two cloaked men in hats on the left, one pointing across a wide landscape toward distant hills.

Zwei Männer auf das Meer weisend

1813

Pencil sketch of a spruce tree with tiered drooping branches on pale paper, dated 1807, by Caspar David Friedrich.

Fichte

1807

Pencil sketch of a tall spruce tree, a small fir, and low hills with shrubs, with handwritten dates on the page.

Grantre; landskap

1807

Pencil sketch of young trees on pale paper, with a slender tree above and a bushy cluster below, with handwritten notes.

Gruppe junger Bäume

1807

Pencil study sheet of several sailing ships at different angles above and below a faint sea horizon line.

Studien von Segelschiffen

1818

Pencil sketch of a tall fir tree above three smaller spruce studies, with handwritten German notes on the page.

Tanne und drei Studien von Fichten

1807

Pencil sketch of a tall spruce tree above five smaller studies of fir and spruce branches, with handwritten notes.

Sechs Studien von Fichten und Tannen

1807

Pencil drawing of a leafless oak with a twisted trunk and finely branched crown, with a small branch study at lower right.

Leafless Oak

1809

Pencil sketch of a walking man with a stick crossing open fields toward a distant village, with handwritten notes and the dat

FCDd 0899 Nasjonalmuseet 16048

1824

Pencil sketch of a rocky hillside with a bare tree, a small standing figure, and pines, dated July 1800.

Skizzen aus dem Schinderloch in der Sächsischen Schweiz

1800