Why it matters
Friedrich's home town of Greifswald on the Baltic coast is seen at night from the west, its church towers silhouetted in the moonlight, with marshy meadows in front.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1817.
- Friedrich was born in Greifswald in 1774.
- It is in the National Museum in Oslo.
Based on the Swedish Wikipedia article Greifswald i månsken (CC BY-SA 4.0).
