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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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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-Swedish 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 Edit this at Wikidata Dresden Edit this at Wikidata
Work period Romanticism
Work location
Berlin, Greifswald, Rügen, Dresden (1798)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q104884
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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 Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting 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 1817
date QS:P571,+1817-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 98 cm (38.5 in); width: 74 cm (29.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,98U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,74U174728
institution QS:P195,Q169542
Accession number
5161
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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current18:42, 15 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 18:42, 15 June 20112,327 × 2,980 (1,013 KB)Cybershot800i (talk | contribs)better
14:54, 14 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 14:54, 14 March 2008625 × 796 (61 KB)Mathiasrex (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }}
05:59, 20 September 2006Thumbnail for version as of 05:59, 20 September 2006625 × 796 (49 KB)Raymond (talk | contribs)bigger size, identical colors from Image:Der Wanderer Ueber dem Nebelmeer.jpg
19:01, 9 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 19:01, 9 August 2006471 × 600 (47 KB)Augiasstallputzer~commonswiki (talk | contribs)
20:47, 4 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 20:47, 4 August 20061,100 × 1,399 (170 KB)Augiasstallputzer~commonswiki (talk | contribs)'''Description:''' {{en|Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer, a painting by Caspar David Friedrich}}{{fr|Le Voyageur contemplant une mer de nuages de Caspar David Friedrich, vers 1818.}} '''Source:''' Wikipedia-de '''Licence:''' {{PD-Art}} {{Pictur

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