Two Men Contemplating the Moon, by Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825–30
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Two Men Contemplating the Moon

Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden)

ca. 1825–30

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm)
Culture
German
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Paintings
Credit line
Wrightsman Fund, 2000
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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