File:Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the sea of fog.jpg

Summary

Caspar David Friedrich: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Artist



Alternative names	German: Caspar David Friedrich
Description	German 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

العربية: متجول فوق بحر الضباب

Deutsch: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

English: The hiker above the sea of fog

Español: El caminante sobre el mar de niebla

Français : Le voyageur au-dessus de la mer de nuages

Frysk: De kuierder boppe de dize

Italiano: Il viandante sul mare di nebbia

日本語: 雲海の上の旅人

Македонски: „Талкач над морето од магла“

Português: Caminhante Sobre o Mar de Névoa

Türkçe: Bulutların Üzerinde Yolculuk

Հայերեն: Ճամփորդը ծով մշուշի առջև

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape art

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 1817

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 98 cm (38.5 in); width: 74 cm (29.1 in)

Collection

Hamburger Kunsthalle

	Native name	Hamburger Kunsthalle
	Location	Hamburg, Germany
	Coordinates	53° 33′ 18″ N, 10° 00′ 11″ E
	Established	1869
	Website	www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
	Authority file	: Q169542 VIAF: 140632142 ISNI: 0000000405650096 ULAN: 500243484 LCCN: n50021971 NLA: 36224839 WorldCat

Accession number

5161

Place of creation

Germany

Object history

2112: in collection of Figueras

Exhibition history

Wanderlust. From Caspar David Friedrich to Auguste Renoir, Alte Nationalgalerie, 10 May 2018 - 16 September 2018

Notes

The artist himself undertook a hike in the Saxon Switzerland and presumably realized the impression of nature in the picture.

References

https://online-sammlung.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/de/objekt/HK-5161 (German)
https://online-sammlung.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/en/objekt/HK-5161 (English)
Musée critique de la Sorbonne ID: champ-contre-champ
Bpk-ID: 00030055
Utpictura18 artwork ID: 4092
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 00040262

Authority file

: Q311243
VIAF: 295129252
SUDOC: 167010727

Source/Photographer

The photographic reproduction was done by Cybershot800i. (Diff)

Other versions

Museum copy
poor quality / smaller copy
no longer better quality

Assessment

Picture of the year

This file was a candidate in Picture of the Year 2006.
This formerly was a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and was considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.

Wikipedia

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 2 June 2006. It was captioned as follows:

English: The Wanderer above a sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich, around 1818

Other languages:

Asturianu: Caleyando delantre d'una mar de ñube (1818), Caspar David Friedrich, óleu en tela Hamburgu, (Kunsthalle)

Čeština: Obraz Poutník nad mořem mlhy od Caspara Davida Friedricha, kolem roku 1818.

Dansk: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer af Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1818.

Deutsch: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer von Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1818

English: The Wanderer above a sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich, around 1818

Español: El caminante sobre el mar de nubes, pintura de Caspar David Friedrich.

Français : Le Voyageur contemplant une mer de nuages de Caspar David Friedrich, vers 1818.

Galego: Paseante ante o mar de néboa (1818), Caspar David Friedrich, óleo sobre tea Hamburgo, (Kunsthalle)

Italiano: Il viaggiatore sopra il mare di nebbia, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818 circa

Lëtzebuergesch: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer vum Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1818

Magyar: "Vándor a ködtenger felett" Caspar David Friedrich festménye, 1818 körül

Nederlands: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer van Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1818

Norsk nynorsk: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer av Caspar David Friedrich, om lag 1818

Polski: Caspar David Friedrich, Wędrowiec w morzu mgły (ok. 1918)

Slovenščina: Friedrich, Popotnik nad morjem oblakov, 1817-1818

Suomi: Vaeltaja sumumeren yllä (Caspar David Friedrich, noin 1818)

Svenska: Vandraren över dimhavet av Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1818

Македонски: „Талкач над морето од магла“ (1818) од Каспар Давид Фридрих

Русский: Картина Каспара Давида Фридриха „Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer“ («Странник над туманным морем»), около 1818 г.

日本語：「霧の海を見おろす散歩者」（カスパー・ダーヴィト・フリードリヒ画、1818年頃）

中文：德国画家弗里德利希的作品《雾中海边的漫游者》（约1818年）

中文（繁體）：由弗里德利希於大約1818年所畫的在霧海上的漫遊者

العربية : التجول فوق بحر من الضباب، كاسبر ديفيد فريدريك، في فترة 1818

Licensing

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Captions

English

The hiker above the Sea of Fog (1817) Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer) Oil on canvas, 98 x 74 cm (38.5 x 29.1 in). Hamburger Kunsthalle

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	05:59, 20 September 2006	625 × 796 (49 KB)	Raymond	bigger size, identical colors from Image:Der Wanderer Ueber dem Nebelmeer.jpg
	19:01, 9 August 2006	471 × 600 (47 KB)	Augiasstallputzer~commonswiki
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File:Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the sea of fog.jpg

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