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Friedrich's Woman at a Window

Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at a Window, 1822, oil on canvas, 44 x 73 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

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Friedrichs Woman at a Window

Greifswald, Germany
1822

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