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A work made of woodcut on ivory wove paper.

Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees

1803

Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Germany

Friedrich was one of the central figures of German romanticism. In the historical and nationalist spirit of the era, he turned back to early German print­making as a model for the use of the woodcut medium as an independent art form. These wood­cuts reflect the romantic interest in nature and time.

Woodcut on ivory wove paper

Prints and Drawings