Moonrise by the Sea
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| Artist | Caspar David Friedrich |
| Year | 1822 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 55 cm × 71 cm (22 in × 28 in) |
| Location | Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
Moonrise by the Sea or Moonrise over the Sea (German: Mondaufgang am Meer) is an 1822
Three young people, two women side by side and a man further back, are sitting on a large boulder by the sea, silhouetted against the sky as they watch the moon rising to the east above a band of clouds. In the distance are two sailing vessels, ghosting on a light breeze towards the spectators on the shore. The painting is probably a view of the
The work was commissioned by banker and art collector
A similarly named but much larger painting from 1821 has been held by the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg since 1928, and was formerly in the Ropsha Palace, and had been hung in the drawing room of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich; it measures 137 × 170 centimetres (54 × 67 in).
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Caspar David Friedrich, Moonrise over the Sea (Mondaufgang am Meer), 1821, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg -
Caspar David Friedrich, The Lonely Tree (Der einsame Baum), 1822, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin -
Photograph of the beach at Stubbenkammer in 1900
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See also
References
- Mondaufgang am Meer (1822), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers, p. 40-41
- Moonrise over the Sea (1821), Hermitage Museum
External links
Media related to Friedrich, Caspar David - Mondaufgang am Meer at Wikimedia Commons
