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Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)
Moonlit Landscape
Watercolor on paper; moon cut out and inserted on a separate piece of paper; laid down on cardboard, [circa 1830]
9 1/8 x 14 3/8 inches (232 x 365 mm)
Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum; 1996.150
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Inspired by his belief that "the divine is everywhere," Friedrich painted landscapes of immersion in nature as a mystical experience. His first requirement of a work of art was that it should engage the mind and put the viewer into a "soulful" mood. This is one of two surviving transparencies by Friedrich. The moon is a translucent insertion made to be lit from behind by pulsing lamplight in a dark and silenced room, perhaps accompanied by music. In an image of pantheistic communion, the illuminated moon radiates a mysterious power touching a hallowed human figure, triangulated by the spectator standing in the viewpoint of the reverent artist.
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