FRIEDRICH, Caspar David
(b. 1774, Greifswald, d. 1840, Dresden)

View of the Baltic

1820-25
Oil on canvas, 34,5 x 44 cm
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

This view probably combines elements of Bohemia's low-lying mountains with quotations from the coastal landscape of the island of Rügen.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: The Hebrides Overture ('Fingals Cave')