# Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio

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## Artwork

- Artist: [KERSTING, Georg Friedrich](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 51 x 40 cm

## Commentary

Kersting, the friend of the painter Friedrich, portrayed the pensive artist in his bare studio several times. Friedrich was known for his visionary imagination, which Kersting emphasized by depicting him at work in a studio cut off from the external world.

## Related artworks

- [At the Mirror](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864/at-the-mirror-r871707f1600d51>)
- [Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864/caspar-david-friedrich-in-his-studio-r46585f85aaec7c>)
- [Man Reading at Lamplight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864/man-reading-at-lamplight-r97ce6e46f53151>)
- [On Outpost Duty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864/on-outpost-duty-r9f27e7c104e844>)
- [Young Woman Sewing by the Light of a Lamp](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864/young-woman-sewing-by-the-light-of-a-lamp-rbec765809c879e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)