Caspar David Friedrich
Young Man Lying on a Grave
1803–04
Caspar David Friedrich's 'Young Man Lying on a Grave' (1801–1803) is a woodcut on paper by the German Romantic painter, depicting a figure stretched out beside a tombstone in silent mourning. A small but powerful early expression of Friedrich's lifelong meditation on death and the transience of earthly life. Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago