# Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

By [Caspar David Friedrich](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/caspar-david-friedrich.md>), c. 1818.

A solitary figure seen from behind surveys peaks rising through fog, making landscape both an external vista and a space for inward reflection.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 94.8 × 74.8 cm
- Collection: [Hamburger Kunsthalle](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/hamburger-kunsthalle.md>)

[View collection record](<https://online-sammlung.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/en/objekt/HK-5161/wanderer-ueber-dem-nebelmeer>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Romanticism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/romanticism.md>)

## Image

![A man with a walking stick stands on a rocky summit above a vast landscape filled with fog.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/hamburg-wanderer/full.jpg?v=5e80001826fe382817d12c7a20ac019220859dc4badd2e11f9af08e4092a1810>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- Collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Hamburger Kunsthalle collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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