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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (Caspar David Friedrich) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog · Caspar David Friedrich · 1818.

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About this work

Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)
Year: c. 1818
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 94.8 × 74.8 cm
Collection: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Movement: Romanticism

A man in a dark green coat stands with his back to us on a rocky outcrop, one foot raised, looking out over a sea of mist from which jagged peaks and ridges rise toward a pale sky. Friedrich painted it in Dresden around 1818, assembling the view from sketches of different rock formations in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Saxony and Bohemia. The figure seen from behind, the Rückenfigur, is his signature device: the viewer looks with him rather than at him. Whether the picture is about mastery or insignificance before nature has been argued ever since. Little is known of its early history; it surfaced in 1939 and entered the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1970. It has become the single most reproduced image of German Romanticism.

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

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: 12×16, 18×24 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. 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 Wanderer above the Sea of Fog 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 Hamburger Kunsthalle.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Wanderer above the Sea of Fog painted, and in what medium?

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog dates from c. 1818 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 94.8 × 74.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (Caspar David Friedrich) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog · Caspar David Friedrich · 1818. 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. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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