Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1818

The hiker stands as a back figure in the center of the composition. He looks down on an almost impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape - a metaphor for life as an ominous journey into the unknown. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: circa 1818. Place of creation: Germany. Dimensions: height: 94.8 cm (37.3 in) ; width: 74.8 cm (29.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Hamburger Kunsthalle. Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the Sea of Fog