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Caspar David Friedrich

1774–1840

WA-00014881

Greifswald, Germany

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WikidataQ104884

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/caspar-david-friedrich
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (17)

Moonrise on an Empty Shore

1837 · brush and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

overall: 25.2 x 39.5 cm (9 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Northern Landscape, Spring

1825 · oil on canvas

overall: 35.3 × 49.1 cm (13 7/8 × 19 5/16 in.) framed: 53.98 × 67.63 × 7.62 cm (21 1/4 × 26 5/8 × 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Two Men Contemplating the Moon

1825 · Oil on canvas

13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Men Contemplating the Moon

1825 · Oil on canvas

13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

1810 · pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper

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

National Gallery of Art

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Eastern Coast of Rügen with Shepherd

1805 · Brown ink and wash over pencil, with white opaque watercolor, on wove paper; partial framing line in brown-black ink

24 1/4 x 39 inches (61.6 x 99 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains

1804 · Brush and black ink and gray wash, with graphite, on cream wove paper

24.4 × 38.2 cm (9 5/8 × 15 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees

1803 · Woodcut on ivory wove paper

Image/block: 17 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 26 × 19.3 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Woman with the Spider Web between Bare Trees

1803 · woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Man Lying on a Grave

1803 · Woodcut on paper

Image/block: 7.8 × 11.3 cm (3 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 12.7 × 19.9 cm (5 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man en vrouw bij resten van hun verbrande huis

1802 · etching on paper

height: 92 cm, width: 137 cm, width: 285 cm, height: 250 cm

Rijksmuseum

Scene of a Fire

1802 · Etching on paper

Image: 8.4 × 12 cm (3 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 9.1 × 13.6 cm (3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 20 × 28.5 cm (7 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vrouw staand aan de rand van de afgrond en raaf

1801 · paper

height: 168 cm, width: 192 cm, height: 245 cm, width: 119 cm

Rijksmuseum

Footpath with a Bridge

1799 · Etching; only state

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)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Footbridge with Cross before Trees at a River

1798 · etching

Sheet: 19.9 x 28 cm (7 13/16 x 11 in.); Image: 8.8 x 14 cm (3 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.); Platemark: 9.2 x 15.2 cm (3 5/8 x 6 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait

1794 · Woodcut on paper

Image: 13.4 × 9 cm (5 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 13.5 cm (8 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Site of a Fire

29 · Etching on wove paper; second state

Sheet: 8 in. × 11 1/4 in. (20.3 × 28.5 cm) Plate: 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (9.2 × 13.7 cm) Image: 3 5/16 × 4 7/8 in. (8.4 × 12.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

17 published of 17 catalogued · 15 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Nga
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Rijksmuseum
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Man en vrouw bij resten van hun verbrande huis
1802 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vrouw staand aan de rand van de afgrond en raaf
1801 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Woman with the Spider Web between Bare Trees
1803 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Footbridge with Cross before Trees at a River
1798 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Vrouw staand aan de rand van de afgrond en raaf (1801 - 1803)

Rijksmuseum

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees (1803)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art

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In collection

Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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