Moonrise on an Empty Shore

Provenance

Professor Ernst Ehlers [1835-1925], Göttingen, by 1902; (sale Leipzig, C.G. Boerner, 1935, no. 84, pl. 6); Neff Collection, Stuttgart; C.G. Boerner, Dusseldorf; purchased 1992 by NGA.

Moonrise on an Empty Shore

Friedrich, Caspar David

1837/1839

Accession Number

1992.11.1

Medium

brush and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 25.2 x 39.5 cm (9 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund