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FRIEDRICH, Caspar David: Boats in the Harbour at Evening

🖼 Boats in the Harbour at Evening, c. 1828
Oil on canvas
76.5 × 88.2 cm
Berlin, Germany

Golden light dissolves into mist as silhouetted boats rest in still water, rendered through Friedrich's ethereal technique of atmospheric perspective and romantic mood. This 1828 work epitomizes German Romanticism's fascination with sublime nature and human solitude within vast, contemplative landscapes.

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