New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge

ca. 1828
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge
  • Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden)
  • Date: ca. 1828
  • Medium: Ink and watercolor over pencil on wove paper
  • Dimensions: 10 5/16 × 14 3/8 in. (26.2 × 36.5 cm)
    Framed: 18 in. × 23 7/8 in. × 1 3/4 in. (45.7 × 60.6 × 4.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke and Dian Woodner, 2007 (2007.111.10)
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings