New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 of 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.
Kunstenaar
Caspar David Friedrich
Datering
1810 of 1828/1835
Soort
Tekening
Techniek
pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Afmetingen
26,2 × 36,5 cm
Collectie
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licentie
Publiek domein, CC0

Beeldbeschrijving

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