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Caspar David Friedrich: The Monk by the Sea  wikidata:Q693746 reasonator:Q693746
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
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artist QS:P170,Q104884
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Title
Deutsch: Der Mönch am Meer
English: The Monk by the Sea.
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1808 or 1810
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions length: 171.5 cm (67.5 in); height: 110 cm (43.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,171.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,110U174728
institution QS:P195,Q162111
Current location
room 3.06
Accession number
Place of creation Germany Edit this at Wikidata
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New York Times; owned by the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

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