Caspar’s work is defined by its romantic sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Young Man Lying on a Grave
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Self-Portrait
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Scene of a Fire
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Girl Standing before a Mirror
Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1639–1684)

Portrait of a Gentleman
Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1639-1684)

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman)
David Hockney English, 1937-2026

A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll. Her family, temporarily housed in the ruins of a military barracks, were among thousands of displaced persons in the region, Vienna, Austria
Chim (David Seymour) American, born Poland, 1911–1956

Table
Germany, Berlin After a design by Friedrich Gilly (German, born Prussia [present-day Poland], 1772–1800)

Gothic Church Behind an Oak Grove with Tombs
Karl Friedrich Schinkel German, 1781-1841

A Lady
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (German, 1750–1812)

Lithyalin Beaker
Workshop of Friedrich Egermann Bohemian, 1777-1864

Lamentation over the Body of Christ
Gerard David (Netherlandish, c. 1460–1523)

Old Sarum
David Lucas (English, 1802-1881) after John Constable (English, 1776-1837)

Still Life
Friedrich Meckseper German, born 1936

Tanktotem I
David Smith American, 1906-1965

River Stour, Suffolk
David Lucas (English, 1802-1881) after John Constable (English, 1776-1837)

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846
David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)