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Moonrise on an Empty Shore
Caspar David Friedrich
1837/1839
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
Title:
Moonrise on an Empty Shore
Creator:
Caspar David Friedrich
Date Created:
1837/1839
Physical Dimensions:
overall: 25.2 x 39.5 cm (9 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
Provenance:
Professor Ernst Ehlers [1835-1925], Göttingen, by 1902; (sale Leipzig, C.G. Boerner, 1935, no. 84, pl. 6); Neff Collection, Stuttgart; C.G. Boerner, Dusseldorf; purchased 1992 by NGA.
Medium:
sepia washes over
graphite
on wove
paper
(with original black
ink
border)
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