The Monk by the Sea

painting by Caspar David Friedrich in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
VisualArtwork painting Q693746
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The Monk by the Sea

Summary

The Monk by the Sea is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Monk by the Sea is the creator of Caspar David Friedrich[3].
  • The Monk by the Sea's image is recorded as Friedrich, Caspar David - Mönch am Meer - Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.jpg[4].
  • The Monk by the Sea's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • The Monk by the Sea's owned by is recorded as Staatliche Museen zu Berlin[6].
  • The Monk by the Sea's movement is recorded as German Romanticism[7].
  • The Monk by the Sea's genre is recorded as landscape painting[8].
  • The Monk by the Sea's depicts is recorded as monk[9].
  • The Monk by the Sea's depicts is recorded as sea[10].
  • The Monk by the Sea's depicts is recorded as beach[11].
  • The Monk by the Sea's depicts is recorded as sky[12].
  • The Monk by the Sea's made from material is recorded as oil paint[13].
  • The Monk by the Sea's made from material is recorded as canvas[14].
  • The Monk by the Sea's collection is recorded as Alte Nationalgalerie[15].
  • The Monk by the Sea's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 180913580[16].
  • The Monk by the Sea's inventory number is recorded as NG 9/85[17].
  • The Monk by the Sea's GND ID is recorded as 4239308-5[18].
  • The Monk by the Sea's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2007146634[19].
  • The Monk by the Sea's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124211153[20].
  • The Monk by the Sea's location is recorded as Alte Nationalgalerie[21].
  • The Monk by the Sea's location is recorded as Berlin Palace[22].
  • The Monk by the Sea's Commons category is recorded as Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich[23].
  • The Monk by the Sea's country of origin is recorded as Germany[24].
  • The Monk by the Sea's catalog code is recorded as 65[25].
  • The Monk by the Sea's catalog code is recorded as 74[26].
  • +1808-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Monk by the Sea[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Monk by the Sea is the creator of Caspar David Friedrich[3].

Why It Matters

The Monk by the Sea ranks in the top 3% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . smb-digital.de. smb-digital.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . smb-digital.de. smb-digital.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . smb-digital.de. smb-digital.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . smb-digital.de. smb-digital.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . smb-digital.de. smb-digital.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . smb-digital.de. smb-digital.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . smb-digital.de. smb-digital.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . fotothek.spsg.de. fotothek.spsg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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