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Footpath with a Bridge

November 20–22, 1802(?)
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Footpath with a Bridge
  • Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden)
  • Date: November 20–22, 1802(?)
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 11 1/4 in. (20.4 × 28.5 cm)
    Plate: 3 11/16 × 6 1/16 in. (9.3 × 15.4 cm)
    Image: 3 7/16 × 5 9/16 in. (8.8 × 14.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.36.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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