The hiker above the sea of fog, Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1817

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 1817. Place of creation: Germany. Dimensions: height: 98 cm (38.5 in); width: 74 cm (29.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Hamburger Kunsthalle. Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the sea of fog