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FRIEDRICH, Caspar David: The Riesengebirge

🖼 The Riesengebirge, 1830-35
Oil on canvas
72 × 102 cm
Berlin, Germany

Misty peaks emerge from swirling clouds in layered mountains, rendered with atmospheric perspective and romantic melancholy. Friedrich's sublime landscape defines German Romanticism, where nature's vastness overwhelms human presence and inspires spiritual contemplation.

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