Caspar David Friedrich in the Alte Nationalgalerie

Caspar David Friedrich in the Alte Nationalgalerie

The two most famous Caspar David Friedrich paintings in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin hang side-by-side: “Mönch am Meer” (Monk by the Sea) and “Abtei im Eichwald” (Abbey Among Oak Trees).

Caspar David Friedrich, Mönch am Meer, 1808-10

On display in the Alte Nationalgalerie on Berlin’s Museum Island.