Caspar David Friedrich: Picture 'The Afternoon' - from the 'Daytime Cycle', framed

Caspar David Friedrich's works convincingly realise the Romantic idea of profoundly interpreting and deciphering the 'Book of Nature'. The 'Daytime Cycle', created in 1821/22, also describes a life cycle in which the viewer is able to recognise childhood, youth, maturity and the serenity of old age. 'The Afternoon': In the third part of the cycle, the reddish reflection of individual clouds indicates the approaching evening peace and bathes the landscape in a late afternoon light. The cornfield has already been partially harvested and the farmer is heading towards the end of the day in his horse and cart. This treasure from the Landesgalerie Hannover was transferred onto canvas exclusively for ars mundi and framed in a sophisticated gilded solid wood moulding. Format 34 x 46 cm (H/W). 'For over a hundred years, the 'Daytime Cycle' has been one of the main works in the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover. Four pictures show ideal landscapes reminiscent of the Harz Mountains or the Giant Mountains. Unlike the later Impressionists, they were created in the studio and do not depict the same motif. Caspar David Friedrich, the most important artist of early German Romanticism, did not simply imitate nature, but created pictures of great emotional depth. Thanks to the excellent reproduction by ars mundi, these pictures can now be made accessible to many people who can enjoy an everlasting experience of nature with these pictures.' (Dr Katja Lembke, Landesmuseum Hannover)