Moonrise over the Sea

Caspar David Friedrich

1822 · Oil on canvas · Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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About this work

Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)
Year: 1822
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 55 × 71 cm
Collection: Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Movement: Romanticism

Two women and a man sit on rocks at the edge of the sea and watch the moon rise through a band of cloud, while two sailing ships ghost towards the shore on a light wind. The scene is probably the Baltic coast of Friedrich's native Pomerania. The Berlin banker Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener visited Friedrich in Dresden in August 1822 and ordered a pair of landscapes, a morning and an evening; this was the evening picture, its companion The Lonely Tree. Friedrich reported both finished on 1 November 1822. Wagener kept them until his death, and in 1861 his bequest became the founding collection of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, where the painting remains in the Alte Nationalgalerie. A larger, earlier version of the subject, from 1821, is in the Hermitage in St Petersburg.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Three figures on rocks watching the moon rise through cloud with ghostly ships, a night scene for a bedroom, bathroom or landing at 24×18 in black. A navy, charcoal or soft grey wall; it pairs with Two Men Contemplating the Moon.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Romanticism painting
Era: 19th century (1822)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: bedroom, bathroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Moonrise over the Sea in the public domain?

Yes. Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Alte Nationalgalerie.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Moonrise over the Sea painted, and in what medium?

Moonrise over the Sea dates from 1822 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 55 × 71 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Moonrise over the Sea we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Moonrise over the Sea (Caspar David Friedrich) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Moonrise over the Sea · Caspar David Friedrich · 1822. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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