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Die Brandstatte (The Fire)
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Die Brandstatte (The Fire)

Medium

Etching; second state

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 in. × 11 1/4 in. (20.3 × 28.5 cm) Plate: 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (9.2 × 13.7 cm) Image: 3 5/16 × 4 7/8 in. (8.4 × 12.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

About Caspar David Friedrich

1774–1840Kingdom of PrussiaSweden

Leading artist of the German Romantic movement. He was particularly known for his symbolic and atmospheric treatment of landscape.