New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich

1810 or 1828/1835

New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains by Caspar David Friedrich

Medium

pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 26.2 x 36.5 cm (10 5/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke and Dian Woodner

Accession Number

2007.111.10

About the Artist

Caspar David Friedrich · 17741840

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

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