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Caspar David Friedrich: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog  wikidata:Q311243 reasonator:Q311243
Artist
Caspar David Friedrich  (1774–1840)  wikidata:Q104884 q:en:Caspar David Friedrich
 
Caspar David Friedrich
Alternative names
German: Caspar David Friedrich
Description German painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death 5 September 1774 Edit this at Wikidata 7 May 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Greifswald Dresden
Work period Romanticism
Work location
Berlin, Greifswald, Rügen, Dresden (1798)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q104884
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Title
German:
Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer Edit this at Wikidata

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
title QS:P1476,de:"Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"El caminante sobre el mar de nubes"
label QS:Lhu,"Vándor a ködtenger felett"
label QS:Leu,"Ibiltaria laino-itsasoaren gainean"
label QS:Lca,"El caminant sobre el mar de boira"
label QS:Len-gb,"Wanderer above the Sea of Fog"
label QS:Lsr-ec,"Луталица изнад мора магле"
label QS:Lzh,"雾海上的旅人"
label QS:Lda,"Vandreren over tågehavet"
label QS:Ltr,"Bulutların Üzerinde Yolculuk"
label QS:Lja,"雲海の上の旅人"
label QS:Lsv,"Vandraren över dimhavet"
label QS:Lhe,"הטייל מעל לים הערפילים"
label QS:Lfi,"Vaeltaja sumumeren yllä"
label QS:Lko,"안개 바다 위의 방랑자"
label QS:Leo,"Vaganto super Nebulmaro"
label QS:Lmk,"Талкач над морето од магла"
label QS:Lit,"Viandante sul mare di nebbia"
label QS:Lfy,"De kuierder boppe de dize"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Voyageur contemplant une mer de nuages"
label QS:Len,"Wanderer above the Sea of Fog"
label QS:Lhr,"Lutalica iznad mora magle"
label QS:Lhy,"Ճամփորդը ծով մշուշի առջև"
label QS:Larz,"متجول فوق بحر من الضباب"
label QS:Lro,"Hoinarul deasupra mării de ceață"
label QS:Lfa,"سرگردان در بالای دریایی از مه"
label QS:Laz,"Duman dənizi üzərindəki gəzgin"
label QS:Lvi,"Kẻ lãng du trên biển sương mù"
label QS:Lnl,"De wandelaar boven de nevelen"
label QS:Llv,"Ceļinieks virs miglas jūras"
label QS:Lbjn,"Pengembara di atas Lautan Kabut"
label QS:Lsr,"Луталица изнад мора магле"
label QS:Lsl,"Popotnik nad meglenim morjem"
label QS:Let,"Rändaja udumere kohal"
label QS:Lth,"นักพเนจรเหนือทะเลหมอก"
label QS:Llfn,"Vagor supra un mar de nubes"
label QS:Lid,"Pengembara di atas Lautan Kabut"
label QS:Lpl,"Wędrowiec nad morzem mgły"
label QS:Lml,"വാണ്ടറർ എബൗവ് ദി സീ ഓഫ് ഫോഗ്"
label QS:Lsh,"Lutalica iznad mora magle"
label QS:Lpt,"Caminhante Sobre o Mar de Névoa"
label QS:Lbg,"Странник над море от мъгла"
label QS:Lru,"Странник над морем тумана"
label QS:Luk,"Мандрівник над морем туману"
label QS:Lgl,"Camiñante sobre o mar de néboa"
label QS:Lar,"متجول فوق بحر من الضباب"
label QS:Lel,"Οδοιπόρος επάνω από τη θάλασσα της ομίχλης"
label QS:Lcs,"Poutník nad mořem mlhy"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape art Edit this at Wikidata
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.
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 94.8 cm (37.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 74.8 cm (29.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+94.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+74.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q169542
Accession number
HK-5161 (Hamburger Kunsthalle) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Germany Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Exhibition history
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://www.tiqets.com/ja/hamburg-attractions-c64886/tickets-for-hamburger-kunsthalle-skip-the-line-p976728/

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