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Steg mit Brückenkreuz vor Baumgruppe am Fluss (Footpath with a bridge across a stream near a clump of trees)

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Steg mit Brückenkreuz vor Baumgruppe am Fluss (Footpath with a bridge across a stream near a clump of trees)

Caspar David Friedrich

ca. 1803

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 1/16 × 11 1/4 in. (20.4 × 28.5 cm) Plate: 3 11/16 × 6 1/16 in. (9.3 × 15.4 cm) Image: 3 7/16 × 5 9/16 in. (8.8 × 14.2 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

1774–1840 • Kingdom of PrussiaSweden

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

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