Caspar David Friedrich: career timeline

German · 1774–1840 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 26 lots (84% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Caspar David Friedrich: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1790s	4	4	$74.7kSign up	Drawing
1800s	10	10	$86.1kSign up	Drawing
1810s	3	3	$73.2kSign up	Drawing
1820s	2	2	$191kSign up	Watercolor
1830s	2	2	$34.4kSign up	Engraving

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1790s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $74.7kSign up
Average: $111kSign up
Typical size: 5 × 7.5 in (13 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

c. 1795 Kirche von Lyngby$87kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1798 Verschiedene Segelboote$62.4kSign up
c. 1799 Landschaft mit Felsgipfel$265kSign up
c. 1799 Landschaft mit Wehr$29kSign up

1800s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $86.1kSign up
Average: $88.1kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 6.5 in (16 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Etching (3), Other (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (3), Sea & coast (1)

c. 1800 Feuer in einer Kirchenruine$181kSign up
1800 Weg zwischen Laubbäumen mit Staffage$20.6kSign up
1801 Zwei wandernde alte Bauern, Frau mit Krug, langer Mann$120kSign up
1801 Hofmusikanten in Greifswald / Landschaft mit Steinbrücke und zerfallenem Torbogen$141kSign up
1802 Die Brandstätte$20.6kSign up
1802 Die Brandstätte$24.9kSign up
c. 1803 Wolkenstudie in bergiger Landschaft$69.4kSign up
c. 1803 Selbstbildnis$70.1kSign up
1806 Rügische Küste bei Göhren“. Juli 1806$102kSign up
1807 Böhmische Landschaft (Hügellandschaft)$131kSign up

1810s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $73.2kSign up
Average: $140kSign up
Typical size: 5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1811 Waldstudie$73.2kSign up
1813 Blick über den Wolfsgraben$68kSign up
1816 Alte Elbbrücke bei Meißen“. Frühestens 1816$278kSign up

1820s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $191kSign up
Average: $191kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 12.5 in (21 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1824 Blick auf Meißen$91kSign up
c. 1828 Mittelgebirgslandschaft$291kSign up

1830s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $34.4kSign up
Average: $34.4kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 7.5 in (20 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Engraving (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1831 Ruinen in Abenddämmerung$385Sign up
1835 Wiese in Teplitz$68.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $105kSign up
Average: $410kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 5.5 in (17 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Woodcut / linocut (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Wolves in the Forrest in Front of a Cave (WOLFSSCHLUCHT)$105kSign up
sold 2014 Die Frau mit dem Spinnennetz zwischen kahlen Bäumen (Melancholie)$1.1MSign up
sold 2014 (Schülerschaft, Nachfolge), Kreuz auf der Stromklippe. Wohl Mitte 19. Jh$1.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $218Sign up
Average: $218Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 11.5 in (22 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Engraving (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 Das Gehege bei Dresden$218Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Caspar David Friedrich auction results →