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

Seashore with Shipwreck by Moonlight

1825-30
Oil on canvas, 77 x 97 cm
Nationalgalerie, Berlin

To the marine genre, long popular among Dutch and Flemish masters, Friedrich adds a haunting sense of mystery, as seen in this picture.