Self-Portrait
Caspar David Friedrich · n.d.
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What the record supports
Caspar David Friedrich's "Self-Portrait" is a woodcut on paper with image dimensions of 13.4 × 9 cm and a sheet size of 21.5 × 13.5 cm. Classified as a woodcut within the Prints and Drawings department, the work is attributed to German culture and was acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago via the Hamill Fund. A date for its creation is not provided.
Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is described as a German Romantic landscape painter. His artist authority record does not specify his nationality, but notes his birth and death years.
Comparable holdings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art include another "Self-Portrait" attributed to Caspar David Friedrich from 1803, as well as several other works such as "Two Men Contemplating the Moon" (ca. 1825–30) and "Eastern Coast of Rügen with Shepherd" (1805–6). Information regarding the provenance, exhibition history, or literature for the Art Institute of Chicago's "Self-Portrait" is not available in the provided data.
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Comparables
Related holdings by the same hand
Two Men Contemplating the Moon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Eastern Coast of Rügen with Shepherd
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Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset
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Footpath with a Bridge
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Site of a Fire
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![[Woman Seen from the Back]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP150940.jpg)
[Woman Seen from the Back]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Self-Portrait (Caspar David Friedrich)
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Boy Sleeping on a Grave
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