Keywords: Caspar David Friedrich - View of a harbour.png Artwork Q18602586 Creator Caspar David Friedrich between 1815 1816 oil canvas cm 90 71 Institution Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg Neuer Pavillon Berlin Charlottenburg accession number GKI 6180 object history 1816 vom Preußenkönig Friedrich Wilhelm III erworben<br>-1940 Schloss Charlottenburg<br>bis zum Raub 7 Dezember 1996 Schloss Charlottenhof Potsdam credit line Playing a prominent role in Friedrich's oeuvre are the themes of the sea harbours and ships Such motifs seem to have touched him deeply The View of a Harbour may have been inspired by the harbour at Greifswald It is evening and between the masts of the two large ships in the middle ground stands the crescent of the waxing moon Beneath it lie thin zones of colour ranging from light yellow orange and flaming red to lilac and grey on the horizon; above it diagonal ribbons of cloud structure the sky Within the almost unreal space thus created out of colour the boats themselves are floating and seem to be moving forward out of the depths http //www spsg de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/neuer-pavillon-charlottenburg/ Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg<br> 32041081 <br> http //www bridgemanimages com/en-GB/asset/105056 The Bridgeman Art Library<br/> http //www berliner-zeitung de/archiv/in-einer-potsdamer-garage-tauchte-caspar-david-friedrichs-gestohlenes-gemaelde--ansicht-eines-hafens--wieder-auf-der-fund-in-der-kiste 10810590 9247438 html In einer Potsdamer Garage tauchte Caspar David Friedrichs gestohlenes Gemälde Ansicht eines Hafens wieder auf BZ v 5 März 1997 http //www lib-art com/tag/ships html lib-art com <gallery> File Caspar David Friedrich - Ansicht eines Hafens jpg File View of a Harbour jpg</gallery> PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Caspar David Friedrich View of a harbour Neuer Pavillon XFriedrich View of a harbour Paintings of sailboats 1810s paintings by Caspar David Friedrich 1810s paintings in Germany 19th-century oil on canvas paintings in Germany |