The Lonely Tree is an 1822 oil on canvas painting by the German painter Caspar David Friedrich, measuring 55 by 71 centimetres. It depicts a panoramic romantic landscape of plains and distant mountains, dominated in the foreground by a solitary oak tree. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Year Created LocationAlte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany 1 Height (metres) In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, located there.
Sources
1. The Lonely Tree (Wikipedia)
Provenance section, completion date
completed before November 1822
Infobox, Medium field
Oil on canvas
Infobox, Dimensions field
55 cm × 71 cm (22 in × 28 in)
Provenance section, donation history
has been held by the Berlin National Gallery since 1861, donated by Wagener as part of its founding collection
Genre reference
The Lonely Tree is an 1822 oil on canvas painting by the German painter Caspar David Friedrich, measuring 55 by 71 centimetres.
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