
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
1818 · Kunsthalle, Hamburg
A man stands on a summit with his back to us, looking out over fog, so that we end up looking at what he sees.
★ 8.8

A man stands on a summit with his back to us, looking out over fog, so that we end up looking at what he sees.

Three figures at the lip of a white chalk drop, painted around the time of his marriage, the eye pulled out to sea and straight down.