Caspar David Friedrich

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The original was lost in WW2. Masuyama did a great job reproducing it, I assume based on a photo. I bet Caspar David Friedrich would say so. (This is a cropped part of the image.)

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An artist in his studio contemplating a moonlit street from his opened window, After Caspar David Friedrich.

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Feel free to fan yourself with your powdered wig.

Caspar David Friedrich was a master of Romantic landscapes. Gothic ruins, crosses, cemeteries and morning mists were his domain.