# Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

- Created: c. 1818
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Where to see it: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog is an oil painting by German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich, created around 1818. It depicts a man in a green coat standing on a rocky peak, looking out over a landscape dissolving in fog. His back is to the viewer. The painting is at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany. It is the most iconic image of German Romanticism and of the Romantic concept of the sublime.

Updated 2026-07-18. Source: https://worldmuseumguide.org/artworks/wanderer-above-the-sea-of-fog/ — World Museum Guide.