Why it matters
Two figures stand in a dark forest beside an uprooted tree, silhouetted against a pastel sky. This version is considered the original of a series of at least three.
Did you know?
- It dates from 1819–1820.
- A version with a man and a woman is in the Alte Nationalgalerie.
- A later version is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Based on the Wikipedia article Two Men Contemplating the Moon (CC BY-SA 4.0).
