Cabin in the Snow
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Artist | Caspar David Friedrich |
Year | 1827 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 31 cm × 25 cm (12 in × 9.8 in) |
Location | Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
Cabin in the Snow or Cabin under Snow (German - Verschneite Hütte) is a painting by Caspar David Friedrich, first exhibited at the exhibition held by the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, from which it was acquired by John I of Saxony.
The painting was acquired by in 1924 and from at least 1933 it was in South America. It then came onto the Berlin art market and was bought by a private collector. In 1960 the Lottery Society of Berlin bought it for the Nationalgalerie, which has exhibited it in the Knobelsdorff wing of Schloss Charlottenburg (1986-2001) and in the Friedrich room of the Alte Nationalgalerie (since 2001).[1]
References[]
- ^ Helmut Börsch-Supan, Karl Wilhelm Jähnig, Caspar David Friedrich, Gemälde, Druckgraphik und bildmäßige Zeichnungen, Prestel Munich, 1973, ISBN 3-7913-0053-9 (German)
Categories:
- 19th-century painting stubs
- Paintings in the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie
- Paintings by Caspar David Friedrich
- 1827 paintings