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The most expensive Friedrich ever sold

The most expensive Friedrich ever sold is Landscape with Mountain Lake, Morning: $3.17 million at Sotheby's London in 2018. Famous works such as Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, The Sea of Ice and Abbey in the Oakwood are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1774–1840
From
German
Movement
Romanticism
Worked in
Dresden
Portrait of Caspar David Friedrich
Friedrich's record$3.17MLandscape with Mountain Lake, Morning · 2018

Friedrich's famous works and their prices

“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Friedrich next to other artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.

  1. Goya$16.4MPortraits of Doña María Vicenta Barruso Valdés and Doña Leonora Antonia Valdés de Barruso · 2023
  2. El Greco$14MSaint Dominic in Prayer · 2013
  3. Delacroix$9.88MTigre jouant avec une tortue · 2018
  4. Corot$9.01MVenise, vue du Quai des Esclavons · 2018
  5. Waterhouse$9MSt Cecilia · 2000
  6. Cassatt$7.49MYoung Lady in a Loge Gazing to Right · 2022
  7. David$7.21MPortrait of Ramel de Nogaret · 2008
  8. Millais$3.48MSisters · 2013
  9. Friedrich$3.17MLandscape with Mountain Lake, Morning · 2018

Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Friedrich's record: mutualart.com.

About Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic painter who turned landscape into a vehicle for spiritual and emotional meaning rather than description. His compositions typically set small figures, often seen from behind, against mist, moonlight, ruined abbeys or frozen sea, so that the viewer shares their contemplation. He studied at the Academy in Copenhagen and settled in Dresden in 1798, working there for the rest of his life. Largely forgotten after his death in 1840, he was rediscovered through a Berlin exhibition in 1906 and is now regarded as the central figure of German Romanticism.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Friedrich ever sold?

Landscape with Mountain Lake, Morning, which sold for $3.17 million at Sotheby's London in 2018. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Friedrich painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $3.17 million for Landscape with Mountain Lake, Morning. Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Friedrich's paintings?

Among the works here: the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg and the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

Who was Caspar David Friedrich?

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840). German Romantic painter who turned landscape into a vehicle for spiritual and emotional meaning rather than description. His compositions typically set small figures, often seen from behind, against mist, moonlight, ruined abbeys or frozen sea, so that the viewer shares their contemplation. He studied at the Academy in Copenhagen and settled in Dresden in 1798, working there for the rest of his life. Largely forgotten after his death in 1840, he was rediscovered through a Berlin exhibition in 1906 and is now regarded as the central figure of German Romanticism.

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