Caspar David Friedrich
Date1969
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
Publisher
Gehenna Press
(American private publisher, 1942–2005)
Illustration CitationLaus Pictorum: Portraits of Nineteenth Century Artists. Northampton, Massachusetts: Gehenna Press, 1969.
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 7/8 × 3 13/16 in. (14.9 × 9.7 cm)
sheet: 13 13/16 × 10 3/4 in. (35.1 × 27.3 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 13 13/16 × 10 3/4 in. (35.1 × 27.3 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-49.4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextCaspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) was a German painter noted for his landscapes. Baskin admired his "Gothic romanticism" and described him as "the greatest painter of the German 19th century."