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

The Cemetery Gate (The Churchyard)

1825-30
Oil on canvas, 31 x 25 cm
Kunsthalle, Bremen

A symbolic and heavy sadness lies over this painting. At an exhibition mounted by the Bremer Kunst-Verein in 1833, the painting bore the title Priessnitz Churchyard near Dresden. Friedrich and Dahl are known to have made drawings of this cemetery in 1824.