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FRIEDRICH, Caspar David: The Wanderer above the Mists

🖼 The Wanderer above the Mists, 1817-18
Oil on canvas
95 × 75 cm
Hamburg, Germany

Mist-shrouded peaks frame a solitary figure from behind, rendered in romantic oils with dramatic chiaroscuro. This iconic composition defines German Romanticism, embodying the sublime encounter between isolated humanity and nature's vast, unknowable power.

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