Caspar David Friedrich – 1818
It has been considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism.
[currently resides in the Kunsthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany]

☞ Do you know…

‣ The walking stick on the right is the element through which to understand the identity of the character who, though uncertain, symbolizes the “pilgrim” typical figure of the Romantic culture of the time.
‣ Metaphorically the stick is what man clings to in order to live, the dreams he cultivates to nourish the hope by which he stands before the despair of a sea of fog and the wonder of the infinite.

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⇒ Date: 1818

⇒ Material: Oil painting

⇒ Dimensions: 95 cm x 75 cm

⇒ Site: Hamburger Kunsthalle