Famous work · not an exact-location map point
The Sea of Ice
Real-world connection
No single real-world viewpoint
This famous work does not have a single exact real-world viewpoint. The connection below explains its actual relationship to the real world.
- Date
- 1823-01-01
- Real-world link
- Real-world connection
Location relations
Each kind of real-world link is kept separate — a documented viewpoint is never merged with a depicted place or a creation location.
Inspired by this place — general area
Arctic Ocean
Where the original is now
Hamburger Kunsthalle
In the collection of Hamburger Kunsthalle
On-view status is not live-verified — check the museum before visiting.
Sources
- Hamburger Kunsthalle — collection record for Caspar David Friedrich, ‘Das Eismeer’ (‘The Sea of Ice’ / ‘The Wreck of Hope’), inv. HK-1051; c. 1823–24, oil on canvas, 96.7 × 126.9 cm (hamburger-kunsthalle.de/sammlung-online)
- Helmut Börsch-Supan & Karl Wilhelm Jähnig, ‘Caspar David Friedrich: Gemälde, Druckgraphik und bildmäßige Zeichnungen’ (Prestel, 1973), no. 311
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