View of the Elbe Valley
The story
A wide view of the Elbe valley seen from a height near Dresden, where Friedrich had recently settled. Painted in 1807, it belongs to the small group of ambitious early works that first won him attention at exhibitions in Dresden and Weimar.
- Artist
- Caspar David Friedrich
- Year
- 1807
- Period
- Romantic
- Where it lives
- Sotheby's, London (not for sale, only as a reference)
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
