Moonrise on an Empty Shore

ca. 1835-38
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: Moonrise on an Empty Shore
  • Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden)
  • Date: ca. 1835-38
  • Medium: Brown ink and wash with pencil on wove paper (framing lines
    in black ink)
  • Dimensions: 9 15/16 × 15 9/16 in. (25.2 × 39.5 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.; Patrons’ Permanent Fund, 1992 (1992.11.1)
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings