About the Artist
Caspar David Friedrich
Born: Greifswald, Pomerania, 5 September 1774
Died: Dresden, 7 May 1840
Nationality: German
Collection
Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden
Similar Subjects by Other ArtistsCarl Gustav Carus, Goethe Memorial, 1832 (Kunsthalle, Hamburg)
Images
Crosses were commonly planted on mountain tops, as here, in Oberammagau, Germany