File:Ueber-die-sammlung-19-jahrhundert-caspar-david-friedrich-wanderer-ueber-dem-nebelmeer.jpg
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Summary
Caspar David Friedrich: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
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| Title |
German: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer  Wanderer above the Sea of Fog |
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painting |
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| Genre |
landscape painting |
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| Description |
The hiker stands as a back figure in the center of the composition. He looks down on an almost impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape - a metaphor for life as an ominous journey into the unknown. |
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| Date |
circa |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 94.8 cm (37.3 in) ; width: 74.8 cm (29.4 in) |
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HK-5161 (Hamburger Kunsthalle) |
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| Place of creation |
Germany |
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| Notes | The artist himself undertook a hike in the Saxon Switzerland and presumably realized the impression of nature in the picture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://online-sammlung.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/de/objekt/HK-5161 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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