The Abbey in the Oakwood
Caspar David Friedrich · c. 1809
The story
The Abbey in the Oakwood is an oil painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. It was painted between 1809 and 1810 in Dresden and was first shown together with the painting The Monk by the Sea in the Prussian Academy of Arts exhibition of 1810. On Friedrich's request The Abbey in the Oakwood was hung beneath The Monk by the Sea. This painting is one of over two dozen of Friedrich's works that include cemeteries or graves.
- Artist
- Caspar David Friedrich
- Date
- c. 1809
- Collection
- Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 110.4 × 171 cm
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