# On Outpost Duty

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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, 46 x 35 cm

## Commentary

Kersting was a draughtsman and painter of great originality. The painting On Outpost Duty is an appealing document of the Wars of Liberation and an intimate monument to his friends who fell in the war.

## 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>)
- [Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864/caspar-david-friedrich-in-his-studio-r7bb4517c9b14fb>)
- [Man Reading at Lamplight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kersting-georg-friedrich-r12134857444864/man-reading-at-lamplight-r97ce6e46f53151>)
- [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>)