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Two men contemplating the Moon

painting by Caspar David Friedrich, Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden
Visual Artwork Painting Q232087
Two men contemplating the Moon
Caspar David Friedrich · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
painting, prime version[3]
Inception
1819[28]
Owned by
Johan Christian Dahl
Genre
genre art, landscape painting[4][5]
Part of the series
Two men contemplating the Moon[6]
Location
Albertinum[22]
Catalog code
2.2k (1–2.2k, n=5)[24][25][26][27]
Collection
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden[20]
Copyright status
public domain[37]
Country of origin
Germany[23]
Creator
Caspar David Friedrich[2]
Depicts
moonlight, night, windthrow, rock, man, gaze, sky, light source, Moon, contre-jour, oak[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Depicts Iconclass notation
24B62, 31D14[31][32]
Exhibition history
Dahl and Friedrich. Romantic Landscapes, Caspar David Friedrich. Unendliche Landschaften[29][30]
Height
+33[35]
Inventory number
Gal.-Nr. 2194[21]
Made from material
oil paint, canvas[18][19]
Title
Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes, Two men contemplating the Moon[33][34]
Width
+44.5[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Two men contemplating the Moon de Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes es Dos hombres contemplando la luna fa دو مرد تأمل کرده به ماه fr Deux hommes contemplant la lune fr Deux Hommes contemplant la lune fr Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes he שני גברים מתבוננים בירח ja 月を眺める2人の男 ja 月を眺める二人の男 nl Zwei Manner in Betrachtung des Mondes pl Dwaj mężczyźni kontemplujący księżyc pt Dois Homens Contemplando a Lua ru Двое мужчин созерцая Луну sv Två män som betraktar månen zh 凝望月亮的兩人
🔖 Identifiers · 10
GND ID
1094685909
BabelNet ID
15589723n
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID
00003718
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur PID
0001056275
Google Arts & Culture asset ID
AQHW6lwY6LzX1Q
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1hc0hnb3s
SKD artwork ID
241946
Vikidia article ID
es:Dos_hombres_contemplando_la_luna
WGA work ID
f/friedric/2/213fried
Yale LUX ID
text/40257af1-6892-43f5-8220-31668b3f8b70

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🔗 Connections
Depicts 10
Moon, man, night, sky, rock, moonlight, light source, contre-jour +2 more
Genre 2
landscape painting, genre art
Instance of 2
painting, prime version
Made from material 2
oil paint, canvas
Collection 1
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Copyright status 1
public domain
Country of origin 1
Germany
Creator 1
Caspar David Friedrich
Location 1
Galerie Neue Meister
Owned by 1
Johan Christian Dahl
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Johan Christian Dahl
← Based on 1
Man and Woman contemplating the moon
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Summary

Two men contemplating the Moon is a painting[1].

Related Entities

Caspar David Friedrich Germany Johan Christian Dahl public domain

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . metmuseum.org. metmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . albertinum.skd.museum. albertinum.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . bildindex.de. bildindex.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . bildindex.de. bildindex.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Online Collection. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Jane023 · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 261, 142, 1 +1
    "Created claim: Catalog code: 2193"
  2. 4w ago · Eihel · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image with frame → Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes (Albertinum Dresden)-W
    "Removed claim: VIAF cluster ID: no value"
  3. 13w ago · Jane023 · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exhibition history → Dahl and Friedrich. Romantic Landscapes, Caspar David Friedrich. Unendliche Landschaften
    "Created claim: Exhibition history: Caspar David Friedrich. Unendliche Landschaften"
  4. 16w ago · Jane023 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 261, 142, 1 +1
    Official website → —
    Described at URL → —
    "Created claim: Catalog code: 2193"
  5. 18w ago · Oursana · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → painting by Caspar David Friedrich, Galerie Neue Meister, Dr
    Location → Albertinum
    "Changed claim: Creator: Caspar David Friedrich"
  6. 18w ago · Jane023 · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exhibition history → Dahl and Friedrich. Romantic Landscapes, Caspar David Friedrich. Unendliche Landschaften
    Inventory number → Gal.-Nr. 2194
    Genre → genre art, landscape painting
    Copyright status → public domain
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Inventory number: Gal.-Nr. 2194"
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