Self-Portrait

Caspar David Friedrich, 1794

MEDIUMWoodcut on paper

DIMENSIONSImage: 13.4 × 9 cm (5 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 13.5 cm (8 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)

LOCATIONArt Institute of Chicago

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THE ARTIST

Caspar David Friedrich 1774–1840 · Kingdom of Prussia

He painted lone figures dwarfed by vast landscapes, turning nature into a metaphysical meditation on the sublime.