Caspar David Friedrich print - The sea of ice - 1823-1824
Caspar David Friedrich - The Sea of Ice
Year: 1823-1824 - oil on canvas 128x98 cm
Preserved at: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
The Sea of Ice by Caspar David Friedrich represents a shipwreck in a sea of ice which, due to the impact, broke into thick sheets of ice piled on top of each other. Fragments of the ship's stern can be seen at the bottom right.