File:Caspar David Friedrich 044.jpg

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Summary

Caspar David Friedrich: Wreck in the Sea of Ice

Artist



Alternative names	German: Caspar David Friedrich
Description	German painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death	5 September 1774	7 May 1840
Location of birth/death	Greifswald	Dresden
Work period	Romanticism
Work location	Berlin, Greifswald, Rügen, Dresden (1798)
Authority file	: Q104884 VIAF: 12145857793223021180 ISNI: 0000000108551681 ULAN: 500116242 LCCN: n79059754 NLA: 35104582 WorldCat

Title

Wreck in the Sea of Ice / Ship in the Polar Sea

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape art

Date

12 December 1798

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 29.6 cm (11.6 in); width: 21.9 cm (8.6 in)

Collection

Hamburger Kunsthalle

	Native name	Hamburger Kunsthalle
	Location	Hamburg, Germany
	Coordinates	53° 33′ 18″ N, 10° 00′ 11″ E
	Established	1869
	Website	www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
	Authority file	: Q169542 VIAF: 140632142 ISNI: 0000000405650096 ULAN: 500243484 LCCN: n50021971 NLA: 36224839 WorldCat

Accession number

2923

Inscriptions

Date bottom center:

12 December 1798

Notes

Deutsch: Zuschreibung an Friedrich wird angezweifelt

References

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20146184

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:13, 10 August 2013	1,576 × 2,075 (1.66 MB)	Augiasstallputzer~commonswiki	Yes. Now checked
	17:56, 17 February 2009	1,576 × 2,075 (473 KB)	Sitacuisses	No improvement. Check histogram. Reverted to version as of 11:18, 19 May 2005
	20:26, 17 February 2008	1,576 × 2,075 (642 KB)	Augiasstallputzer~commonswiki	Adjusting brightness
	11:18, 19 May 2005	1,576 × 2,075 (473 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Wrack im Eismeer \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 31,4 × 23,6 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' Hamburg \|Country=<br /> ''de:'' Deutschland \|Gallery=<br /> ''de:'' Kunstha