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Summary

Caspar David Friedrich: The Monk by the Sea

Artist



Alternative names	German: Caspar David Friedrich
Description	German-Swedish painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death	5 September 1774	7 May 1840
Location of birth/death	Greifswald	Dresden
Work period	Romanticism
Work location	Berlin, Greifswald, Rügen, Dresden (1798)
Authority file	: Q104884 VIAF: 12145857793223021180 ISNI: 0000000108551681 ULAN: 500116242 LCCN: n79059754 NLA: 35104582 WorldCat

Title

German:

Der Mönch am Meer

The Monk by the Sea

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Date

between 1808 and 1809

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 110 cm (43.3 in); width: 171.5 cm (67.5 in)

Collection

Alte Nationalgalerie

	Native name	Alte Nationalgalerie
	Parent institution	National Gallery Berlin
	Location	Bezirk Mitte von Berlin , Germany
	Coordinates	52° 31′ 14.92″ N, 13° 23′ 54.07″ E
	Established	1861
	Authority file	: Q162111 VIAF: 130790367 ISNI: 0000000121578096 LCCN: n92073829 OSM: 3083909 GND: 5298137-X WorldCat

Current location

Berlin

Accession number

NG 9/85 (Alte Nationalgalerie)

Place of creation

Germany

Object history

1810: in collection of Frederick William III of Prussia
1957: in collection of Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

References

Authority file

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

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	16:32, 17 February 2008	2,048 × 1,322 (307 KB)	Augiasstallputzer~commonswiki	Adjusting brightness
	11:15, 19 May 2005	2,048 × 1,322 (229 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Mönch am Meer \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 110 × 171,5 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' Berlin \|Country=<br /> ''de:'' Deutschland \|Gallery=<br /> ''de:'' Schloß Ch