Morning in Riesengebirge 1811

"Morning in the Riesengebirge" (1811) by Caspar David Friedrich is a Romantic landscape painting depicting a solitary cross atop a rocky mountain peak. The vast, misty expanse below evokes a sense of awe and the sublime, characteristic of Friedrich's style. The painting emphasizes the power of nature and the individual's place within its grandeur, as seen in the small figure standing near the cross, serving as a reminder of human insignificance against the vastness of the world. The painting, now housed in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, is considered a quintessential example of German Romanticism.