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Summary
Caspar David Friedrich: View of a harbour
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| Title |
View of a harbor |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
landscape art |
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| Date | between 1815 and 1816 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 90 cm (35.4 in); width: 71 cm (27.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
GKI 6180 |
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| Object history |
1816 vom Preußenkönig Friedrich Wilhelm III. erworben -1940 Schloss Charlottenburg bis zum Raub 7. Dezember 1996 Schloss Charlottenhof, Potsdam |
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| Notes |
English: Playing a prominent role in Friedrich's oeuvre are the themes of the sea, harbours and ships. Such motifs seem to have touched him deeply. The View of a Harbour may have been inspired by the harbour at Greifswald. It is evening, and between the masts of the two large ships in the middle ground stands the crescent of the waxing moon. Beneath it lie thin zones of colour, ranging from light yellow, orange and flaming red to lilac and grey on the horizon; above it, diagonal ribbons of cloud structure the sky. Within the almost unreal space thus created out of colour, the boats themselves are "floating" and seem to be moving forward out of the depths. |
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| References |
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 32041081 The Bridgeman Art Library In einer Potsdamer Garage tauchte Caspar David Friedrichs gestohlenes Gemälde Ansicht eines Hafens wieder auf (BZ v. 5. März 1997) |
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