Caspar David Friedrich
German · 1774–1840 · Painter, Printmaker
Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Die Frau mit dem Spinnennetz zwischen kahlen Bäumen (Melancholie)Grisebach · €901,000≈ $1,123,998≈ £712,654Sign up to see
MittelgebirgslandschaftGrisebach · €250,000≈ $290,800≈ £218,745Sign up to see
Alte Elbbrücke bei Meißen“. Frühestens 1816Grisebach · €254,000≈ $277,647≈ £219,380Sign up to see
Caspar David Friedrich’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $105kSign up | $105kSign up | $105kSign up |
| Oil | 1 | 1 | 100% | $105kSign up | $105kSign up | $105kSign up |
| Works on paper | 17 | 17 | 100% | $116kSign up | $87kSign up | $291kSign up |
| Watercolor | 3 | 3 | 100% | $220kSign up | $278kSign up | $291kSign up |
| Drawing | 14 | 14 | 100% | $93.7kSign up | $71.3kSign up | $265kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 7 | 7 | 100% | $180kSign up | $20.6kSign up | $1.1MSign up |
| Etching | 3 | 3 | 100% | $22kSign up | $20.6kSign up | $24.9kSign up |
| Engraving | 2 | 2 | 100% | $301Sign up | $301Sign up | $385Sign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 2 | 2 | 100% | $597kSign up | $597kSign up | $1.1MSign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $141kSign up | $141kSign up | $141kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.