Monk by the Sea
By: Caspar David Friedrich
Date: 1809
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 110 x 172 cm
Location: Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 110 x 172 cm
Location: Nationalgalerie, Berlin
This painting is of a solitary monk standing on a shore, facing a vast and empty sea, under a vast sky of clouds. Its composition emphasizes the insignificance of the individual compared with nature’s glory.