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How much is Wanderer above the Sea of Fog worth?

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is not for sale: it is held by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Friedrich's highest documented sale: $3.17 million for Landscape with Mountain Lake, Morning, at Sotheby's London in 2018. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
Date: 1818
Medium: Oil on canvas
Held by: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Friedrich's record$3.17MLandscape with Mountain Lake, Morning · 2018

Own a print or copy of Wanderer above the Sea of Fog?

Most copies of Wanderer above the Sea of Fog in homes are prints, posters or hand-painted copies. They sell as decorative pieces, not as Friedrich's work. These are the resale ranges Art Scanner's value estimate starts from.

Poster or unframed print$5–$60

Framed decorative or museum-shop print$40–$250

Large framed archival print$150–$800

Hand-painted copy$100–$800

An oil copy painted by hand, often sold as decor

Resale value in US dollars on a log scale: what copies actually sell for second-hand, not retail.

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About the painting

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich in 1818. It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog through which other ridges, trees, and mountains pierce, which stretches out into the distance indefinitely.

More on the artist: the most expensive Friedrich ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.

Friedrich next to other famous artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Friedrich: $3.17 million for Landscape with Mountain Lake, Morning, in 2018.

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

Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.

Why it has no price

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is held by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.

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Questions

How much is Wanderer above the Sea of Fog worth?

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is not for sale: it is held by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Friedrich's highest documented sale: $3.17 million for Landscape with Mountain Lake, Morning, at Sotheby's London in 2018. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

How much is a print of Wanderer above the Sea of Fog worth?

Most prints and posters of Wanderer above the Sea of Fog sell for $5–$250, with framed ones at the top of that range, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800. They are priced as decorative pieces, not as Friedrich's work.

Is Wanderer above the Sea of Fog for sale?

No. It is held by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.

What is Friedrich's most expensive work?

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.

Where is Wanderer above the Sea of Fog?

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818, oil on canvas) is held by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.