New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 or 1828/1835

A grassy field leading back to hazy mountains under a sun shown in eclipse are painted with muted earthy tones in this horizontal watercolor. The field along the bottom third of the sheet is painted in soft peanut brown, and a line of trees on the far side are misty sage green. Ridges of the mountains are layered like sheets of torn paper under a parchment-white sky. The sun at the top center is mostly covered by a silvery disk.
Художник
Caspar David Friedrich
Датировка
1810 or 1828/1835
Вид
Drawing
Техника
pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Размери
26.2 × 36.5 cm
Колекция
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Лиценз
Обществено достояние, CC0

Описание на изображението

A grassy field leading back to hazy mountains under a sun shown in eclipse are painted with muted earthy tones in this horizontal watercolor. The field along the bottom third of the sheet is painted in soft peanut brown, and a line of trees on the far side are misty sage green. Ridges of the mountains are layered like sheets of torn paper under a parchment-white sky. The sun at the top center is mostly covered by a silvery disk.

Caspar David Friedrich