# Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains

**Caspar David Friedrich** (German, 1774–1840)  
1804  
Brush and black ink and gray wash, with graphite, on cream wove paper  
24.4 × 38.2 cm (9 5/8 × 15 1/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1976.22. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/50276).

## About this work

Caspar David Friedrich painted this in 1804, aged 30. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

Black ink drawing of forested landscape, statue of woman holding child at pinnacle of mountain.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.

### [Caspar David Friedrich](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/caspar-david-friedrich)

German, 1774–1840; born in Greifswald; died in Dresden

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: Germany
- The artist was 30
- Real size: about 9½ × 15 in (24 × 38 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Romanticism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/romanticism)
- Subjects: Madonna, biblical, landscapes, trees, mountains, romantic
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/160.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/160/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/statue-of-the-madonna-in-the-mountains-aic-50276).