Provenance
Possibly a gift of the artist to an ancester of Adolf Gruis, Berlin and inherited by him by 1939. (sale, Gerd Rosen, Frankfurt am Main, 11-13 October 1961, no. 60). Fritz Busche, Dortmund. (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich) 1987. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains
Friedrich, Caspar David1810 or 1828/1835
Accession Number
2007.111.10
Medium
pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 26.2 x 36.5 cm (10 5/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke and Dian Woodner