In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
For Friedrich, landscape was the expression of spirituality and a personal connection with God. By isolating individual objects in this composition and rendering them in specific detail, such as the tree, spider web, and thistles, Friedrich gave them a heightened clarity that destabilizes the familiar and suggests a hidden, sacred significance within organic forms. The viewer’s dilemma—deciding upon the meaning and significance of the scene—is echoed by the woman herself who gazes toward the evening sky. Her pose and gesture suggest a searching awareness that evokes melancholy and suspended resolution. Surrounding her are symbols of mortality in the barren trees, thistles, a caught fly, and the setting sun. In this woodcut, Friedrich depicted for one of the first times a theme that became a leitmotif, what art historians have called "the drama of the self facing the universe."
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Christian Friedrich|Caspar David Friedrich — Seated Woman wi
Edward Calvert (British, 1799–1883) — Bacchante or The Playe
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538) — The Judgment of 
Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673) — St. William the Hermit
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538) — The Annunciation
Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635) — Les Penitents: St. Jea
Christian Friedrich|Caspar David Friedrich — Woman with a Ra
Max Klinger (German, 1857–1920) — Child, from On Death, Part
Charles-Émile Jacque (French, 1813–1894) — Young Woman Bathi
Charles-Émile Jacque (French, 1813–1894) — Shooting the Wood
Samuel Palmer (British, 1805–1881) — The Herdsman's Cottage
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538) — The Fall and Red
