List of works by Caspar David Friedrich

Gerhard von Kügelgen, Portrait of Caspar David Friedrich (c. 1810–20)

This is an incomplete list of works by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) by completion date where known. Friedrich was a prolific artist who produced over 500 attributed works; however, he is generally known for only a small number of works seen as emblems of Romanticism.

In line with Romantic ideals of the time, Friedrich intended that his paintings would function visually only, and thus he was cautious that the titles given to his work were not overly descriptive or evocative. It is likely that some of today's relatively literal titles, such as The Stages of Life, were not given by the artist himself, but were instead adopted during one of the revivals of interest in the artist during the late 19th or early 20th century.

Complications arise when dating Friedrich's work, mainly because he often did not directly name or date his canvases. However, he kept a carefully detailed notebook on his output, which has been used by scholars to tie paintings to their completion dates.

Drawings, watercolours, and prints

Artwork	Name	German name	Year	Technique	Dimensions	City	Gallery	Notes
		Schriftblatt: Gott hat selbst in unsere Schmerzen	December 1, 1788	Pen, ink and watercolour	207 x 329 mm	Greifswald	Museum der Stadt Greifswald
128px	Female Nude in the Style of Johann Daniel Preißler	Weiblicher Akt nach Preißler	1790-94	Pencil	321 x 201 mm	Greifswald	Museum der Stadt Greifswald
		Die Luisen-Quelle in Frederiksdahl	1797	Pen, ink and watercolour	289 x 244 mm	Hamburg	Hamburger Kunsthalle
		Die Frederiksberger Quelle bei Kopenhagen I	July 9, 1797	Brown ink and watercolour	217 x 168 mm	Dresden	Kupferstich-Kabinett
128px	Landscape with Pavilion	Landschaft mit Pavillon	c. 1797	Pen, ink and watercolour	167 x 217 mm	Hamburg	Kunsthalle Hamburg
	Fishing Boat	Fischerboot	1798	Pencil	103 x 168 mm	Greifswald	Museum der Stadt Greifswald
	Tree, Ship, and Nets	Baum, Boot, Netze	c. 1798	Pencil	150 x 165 mm	Greifswald	Museum der Stadt Greifswald
		Studie eines sitzendes Jünglings	May 7, 1798	Pen, ink and watercolour	289 x 244 mm	Prague	National Gallery in Prague
	Portrait of the Pastor and Poet Ernst Theodor Johann Brûckner	Bildnis des Pastors und Dichters Ernst Theodor Johann Brûckner	c. 1798	Black chalk	251 x 199 mm	Berlin	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
	Self-Portrait	Selbstportrait	1800	Black chalk	420 x 276 mm	Copenhagen	Statens Museum for Kunst
128px	Mother Heiden	Mutter Heiden	1798–1802	Black chalk	420 x 276 mm	Greifswald	Pommersches Landesmuseum
128px	Portrait of Adolph Gottlieb Friedrich	Bildnis des Vaters Adolph Gottlieb Friedrich	c. 1798-1802	Black chalk	250 x 205 mm	Greifswald	Museum der Stadt Greifswald
128px	Scene from Schiller's "The Robbers"	Szene aus Schillers "Die Räuber"	1800–1801	Pen and sepia	203 x 263 mm	Greifswald	Pommersches Landesmuseum
128px	Self-Portrait with Cap and Sighting Eye-Shield	Selbstportrait mit Mütze und Augenklappe	1802	Pencil, brush and ink	175 x 105 mm	Hamburg	Kunsthalle Hamburg
128px	Hiker at the Milestone	Wanderer am Grenzstein	1802	Sepia
128px	Adolf Gottlieb Friedrich, Reading	Adolf Gottlieb Friedrich, lesend	1802	Black chalk	346 x 320 mm	Mannheim	Kunsthalle Mannheim
128px	The Woman with the spider's web between bare trunks	Die Frau mit dem Spinnennetz zwischen unbelaubten Baumstümpfen	1803	Woodcut; block cut by Friedrich's brother Christian	171 x 119 mm	Various (block in Hamburg Kunsthalle)
128px	Pilgrimage at Sunset (Sunrise)	Pilgerreise im Sonnenuntergang (Sonnenaufgang)	1805	Sepia	405 x 620 mm	Weimar	Kunstsammlungen
128px	View from the Painter's Studio	Blick aus dem Maleratelier	1805-6	Sepia		Vienna	Kunsthistorisches Museum
128px	Ruins of Eldena	Klosterruine Eldena	1806	Watercolor and ink
	Cross in the Mountains	Kreuz in den Bergen	1805-06	Pencil and sepia	640 x 931 mm	Berlin	Kupferstichkabinett (Print room) at Kulturforum, Staatliche Museen
128px	Giant Grave by the Sea	Riesengruft am Meer	1806-07	Pen, brush and sepia over graphite	645 x 950 mm	Weimar	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
	Self-Portrait	Selbstprotrait	1810	Black chalk	228 x 182 mm	Berlin	Kupferstichkabinett (Print room) at Kulturforum, Staatliche Museen
128px	Window Looking over the Park	Fenster mit Blick über den Park	c.1810-11	Sepia and pencil	39.8x30.5 cm	St. Petersburg	The Hermitage
128px	The Marketplace in Greifswald	Der Marktplatz in Greifswald	1818	Pencil, ink and watercolour
128px	View of Greifswald from the East	Blick auf Greifswald vom Osten	1818	Watercolour
128px	The Ruins of Eldena	Die Ruinen von Eldena	c. 1825	Pencil, ink and watercolour	178 x 229 mm		Private collection
128px	Chalk Cliffs on Rügen (Watercolour)	Kreidefelsen auf Rügen (Wasserfarben)	1824-6	Watercolour	25 x 32 cm
128px	The Rock Gates in Neurathen	Die Felsentore in Neurathen	c.1826-28	Watercolor over pencil	27.9x24.5 cm.	St. Petersburg	The Hermitage
128px	Ruins of Teplitz Castle	Ruinen der Teplitz-Burg	1828	Pencil, ink and watercolour
128px	Mountainous River Landscape (Night Version)	Von Bergen umgebene Flusslandschaft (Nachtversion)	1830-35	Mixed media on transparent paper	77 x 127 cm	Kassel	Staatliche Museen
128px	Mountainous River Landscape (Day Version)	Von Bergen umgebene Flusslandschaft (Tagesversion)	1830-35	Mixed media on transparent paper	77 x 127 cm	Kassel	Staatliche Museen
128px	Two Young Men on the Sea Shore by the Rising Moon	Zwei junge Männer am Strand bei aufgehendem Mond	1835	Sepia
128px	Vulture on a Spade	Geier auf Spaten	1835	Sepia
128px	Moonrise	Mondaufgang	c.1835-7	Sepia and pencil	24.5x34.5 cm	St. Petersburg	The Hermitage
128px	Owl in a Gothic Window	Eule im Gotischen Fenster	c.1836	Sepia and pencil	37.8x25.6 cm	St. Petersburg	The Hermitage
128px	Landscape with Grave, Coffin and Owl	Landschaft mit Grab, Sarg und Eule	1836-37	Sepia over pencil	385 x 383 mm	Hamburg	Kunsthalle Hamburg
128px	Owl upon the Grave Marker	Eule auf Grabkreuz	1836-37	Sepia over pencil		Moscow	Pushkin Museum
128px	Owl Flying against a Moonlit Sky	Eule, die gen mondbeschienenen Himmel fliegt	1836-37	Sepia over pencil	27.9x24.4 cm	St. Petersburg	The Hermitage
128px	Boat on the Shore, Moonrise	Boot am Ufer, Mondaufgang	1837-39	Sepia over pencil	24.4x41.6 cm	St. Petersburg	The Hermitage
128px	Landscape in the Giant Mountains	Landschaft im Riesengebirge	Unknown	Watercolor over pencil		Winterthur	Oskar Reinhart Foundation

Sources

• Siegel, Linda. Caspar David Friedrich and the Age of German Romanticism. Branden Publishing Co, 1978. ISBN 0-8283-1659-7.
• Vaughan, William. Friedrich. London: Phaidon Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7148-4060-2.
• Wolf, Norbert. Friedrich. Cologne: Taschen, 2003. ISBN 3-8228-2293-0.

External links

• Caspar David Friedrich Foundation
• Hermitage Museum Archive
• Web Gallery of Art - collection of Friedrich's works
• Artcyclopedia - links to Friedrich's pictures from Image Archives, articles etc.
• Biographical timeline, Hamburg Kunsthalle