Figures Contemplating the Moon

ca. 1799
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: Figures Contemplating the Moon
  • Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden)
  • Date: ca. 1799
  • Medium: Black ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and touches of pink and yellow chalk over pencil on wove paper, mounted (framing lines in black ink)
  • Dimensions: 3 1/2 × 5 in. (8.9 × 12.7 cm)
    Framed: 31 1/8 in. × 24 3/16 in. × 1 9/16 in. (79 × 61.5 × 4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Private collection, New York; courtesy W. M. Brady and Co., New York
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings