Why it matters
A shipwreck lies half-buried under great slabs of Arctic ice. Its radical composition met with incomprehension, but it is now considered one of Friedrich's masterpieces.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1823–1824.
- Friedrich studied ice floes on the Elbe.
- It was still unsold when he died in 1840.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Sea of Ice (CC BY-SA 4.0).
